KSPW

KSPW (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Sparta, Missouri, United States, it serves Springfield, Missouri. The station is owned by SummitMedia.

For the airport in Spencer, Iowa assigned the ICAO code KSPW, see Spencer Municipal Airport.
KSPW
Broadcast areaSpringfield, Missouri
Frequency96.5 MHz
BrandingPower 96.5
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner
KRVI, KSGF, KSGF-FM, KTTS-FM
History
First air date
February 21, 1988
Call sign meaning
Springfield's PoWer
Technical information
Facility ID10119
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT150 meters
Transmitter coordinates
36°57′16″N 93°17′22″W
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.power965.com

Station history

KSPW debuted on the air on February 21, 1988, as KJLR. By July 1988, it adopted an adult contemporary format as KLTQ. KLTQ changed to a hot country format on January 18, 1992.[1] KLTQ subsequently switched to a soft rock format and then changed to a format referred to as "maximum country" in March 1996.[2] The station changed its call letters to KMXH in 1999. On March 23, 2001, KMXH switched to a rhythmic contemporary hits format.[3] The station subsequently adopted the KSPW calls. The station patterned its rhythmic contemporary format after sister station KQCH/Omaha.

On August 29, 2012, Midwest Family Broadcasting Classic Hits “Star 92.9” KOSP dropped to a Rhythmic CHR “92.9 The Beat“. This put KSPW in direct competition with KOSP.[4]

Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including KSPW. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.[5] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Springfield stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[6]

DJs
  • Mornings: Fotsch and Sarah
  • Middays & Afternoons: The Ginge

References
  1. Tatum, Bill (January 18, 1992). "'Hot country' hits Springfield with new KLTQ". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 6B. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Marymont, Mark (March 21, 1996). "KLTQ goes 'maximum country'". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 10A. Retrieved November 7, 2001 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Poneleit, Sandy (March 28, 2001). "New sounds on the radio". The Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri). p. 10A. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "92.9 KOSP Springfield Has A Beat". Radioinsight.com. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  5. "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  6. "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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