KPXP, (97.9
FM). branded as Power 99 FM, is a
radio station
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broadcasting an
Adult Album Alternative
Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format. See pages 9 and 10Mills, Joshua. "A New Radio Music Format: Rock for Prosperous Adults" New York Times, Feb 28 1994, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. Accessed September 4, 2 ...
music format. Licensed to
Garapan
Garapan ( Old Japanese name: 柄帆町, ''Garapan-chō'') is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Garapan, as ...
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Saipan
Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 est ...
,
Northern Mariana Islands
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, the station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc.
The station was assigned the KRSI call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on May 31,
1991
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.
The call sign was changed to the current KPXP on May 12, 2014, when the former KPXP on 99.5 (now
KZGU
KZGU, (99.5 FM), branded as 99.5 Guam Shark is a radio station broadcasting a Caribbean music format with local Reggae content. Licensed to Mangilao, Guam, the station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc.
History
The stat ...
) moved from the Northern Mariana Islands to Guam. The new KPXP inherited the station's name and format, explaining its use of the Power 99 name while being on 97.9 MHz.
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Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in the Northern Mariana Islands
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