KSGL (900 AM) is a

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adult standards Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations. Adult standards started in the 1950s and is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly tho ...

music formatted

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licensed in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...

, and is owned by Agape Communications Inc.

History

KSGL's format history includes

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...

as KEYN, mostly simulcasting with its FM counterpart

KEYN-FM KEYN-FM (103.7 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station operating in Wichita, Kansas, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station broadcasts a classic hits music format, featuring hits from the 1970s and 1980s. The station's studios are located on East Douglas Aven ...

. In July 1977, the KEYN call letters and Top 40 format moved from AM 900 to AM 1410 (formerly KWBB in the 1960s and early 1970s and would be the future sister station to KSGL). AM 900 became KSGL and signed on with a

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format, the first station to carry the format in Wichita since there were no other stations in the market that carried Christian programming full-time on the radio at the time.Bob Latta, "Religious Radio Station on Air", ''The Wichita Eagle-Beacon'', July 22, 1977. KSGL's Christian programming still airs to this day with an addition of

music in different dayparts. The adult standards format was previously aired on its former sister station KMYR (1410 AM), which was sold to Steckline Communications and is now

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station KGSO.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KSGL
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