KRSV (1210 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format, and is 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, LLC, and features programming from

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. The station is simulcast on

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 kHz in Kemmerer and KDWY 105.3 in Diamondville. KRSV had long simulcast on KRSV-FM, until it became known as "The Spur" under current owners SVI Media LLC.

History

The station began as a construction permit in September 1983, but would not go on air until May 5, 1986 after the construction permit was extended multiple times. It was owned by Western Wyoming Radio Inc. The station and its sister were sold to local resident David Horsely in 2008. The stations and the now active translator for KRSV were sold again in 2015 to the current owners, SVI Media, LLC. The station is an affiliate of the

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from the

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. KRSV and its FM sister are a part of a larger network owned by SVI Media LLC. The network expended in 2018 to include a station and its translators across the border from Afton in

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. That station is KVSI.

940 in Kemmerer, and KDWY in Diamondville, were included in the expansion. KRSV and KRSV-FM had long carried a country format, before the FM counterpart became adult contemporary known as Swift 98.7.

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K298CX FCC data
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