KSGL (900
AM) is a
Religious
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Adult Standards music formatted
radio station
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licensed in
Wichita, Kansas
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, and is owned by Agape Communications Inc.
History
KSGL's format history includes
Top 40
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as KEYN-AM, mostly simulcasting with its FM counterpart
KEYN-FM
KEYN-FM (103.7 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 Avenue in Eas ...
.
In 1977, the KEYN-AM call letters and Top 40 format moved from AM 900 to AM 1410 (formally 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
Christian
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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.
KSGL's Christian programming still airs to this day with an addition of Adult Standards music in different dayparts. The Adult Standards format was previously aired on its former sister station KMYR-1410 which was sold to Steckline Communications and is now
Sports
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KGSO
KGSO (1410 AM, "Sports Radio 93.9 FM & 1410 AM KGSO") is an American broadcast radio station licensed to serve the community of Wichita, Kansas. The station is owned and operated by Steckline Communications Inc. The station was assigned current ...
.
External links
FCC History Cards for KSGL
SGL
SGL
Radio stations established in 1977
1977 establishments in Kansas
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