KRSV-FM (98.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

music format. Licensed to

Afton, Wyoming Afton is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census. Afton is home to the world's largest arch made of elk antlers. Spanning across the four lanes of U.S. Highway 89, the arch, completed in ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Dan and Kim Dockstader, through licensee SVI Media, Inc., and began broadcasting adult contemporary music on a new station in the area called Swift 98, beginning May 4, 2016. Prior to the format switch, the station was a simulcast of its AM counterpart, known as Black Mountain Country.

History

The station started as a construction permit in October 1983 on 98.3 MHz, however the station would ultimately not receive its license to operate until 1987. The station was granted multiple construction permit extensions, under ownership of Western Wyoming Radio Inc. In February 2000, the station changed frequencies from 98.3 MHz to 98.7 MHz. The station and its sister were sold to local resident David Horsely in 2008. The station was then put in a trust. Current owners, SVI Media, LLC acquired the station in 2015. At that time, the stations were known as "Star Country USA". Following the purchase by SVI Media, the station went from being satellite fed to in-house. Local programming was added. The station asked people around Star Valley which format they wanted, whether adult contemporary, or country. Adult contemporary was the final choice, and Swift 98.7 was born. KRSV and its AM sister are a part of a larger network owned by SVI Media LLC. The network expanded in 2018 to include a station and its translators across the border from Afton in

Montpelier, Idaho Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,643 at the 2020 census. The city is the largest community in the Bear Lake Valley, a farming region north of Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho along the Utah b ...

. That station is KVSI.

KMER KMER (940 AM broadcasting, AM) is an American radio station broadcasting on 940 kHz and is licensed to Kemmerer, Wyoming. It primarily broadcasts a country format, but occasionally broadcasts local high school football and basketball game ...

940 in Kemmerer, and KDWY in Diamondville, were included in the expansion. The station is an affiliate of the

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls The Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls are the athletic teams that represent the University of Wyoming, located in Laramie. Wyoming is a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 17 NCAA-sanctioned sports. ...

from the

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* RSV-FM Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Lincoln County, Wyoming Radio stations established in 1987 {{Wyoming-radio-station-stub