KSPW (96.5
FM) is a
radio station broadcasting a
Top 40 (CHR) format.
Licensed to
Sparta, Missouri
Sparta is a city in north central Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2010 census.
Sparta is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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, United States, it serves
Springfield, Missouri. The station is owned by
SummitMedia.
Station history
KSPW debuted on the air on February 21, 1988, as KJLR. By July 1988, it adopted an adult contemporary format as KLTQ. KLTQ changed to a hot
country format on January 18, 1992. KLTQ subsequently switched to a soft rock format and then changed to a format referred to as "maximum country" in March 1996. The station changed its call letters to KMXH in 1999. On March 23, 2001, KMXH switched to a
rhythmic contemporary hits format. The station subsequently adopted the KSPW calls. The station patterned its rhythmic contemporary format after sister station
KQCH/
Omaha
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...
.
On August 29, 2012, Midwest Family Broadcasting Classic Hits “Star 92.9”
KOSP dropped to a Rhythmic CHR “92.9 The Beat“. This put KSPW in direct competition with
KOSP.
and the
E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including KSPW. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.
Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Springfield stations went to
SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.
DJs
*Mornings: Fotsch and Sarah
*Middays & Afternoons: The Ginge
References
External links
SPW
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1988
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