KIRS is a
radio station
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licensed to
Stockton, Missouri
Stockton is a city in Cedar County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cedar County.
History
Stockton was platted in 1846. It was originally named Lancaster, but was renamed Fremont in 1 ...
, broadcasting on 107.7 MHz FM. The station is owned by
VCY America, Inc.
VCY America, is a traditional, Evangelicalism, evangelical, Christian conservative Christianity, Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian Radio, Christian talk and teaching, a ...
History
The station signed on January 20, 1999,
as KRLK, broadcasting a
classic country
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Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...
format branded as "The Lake".
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...
bought the station from Galen Gilbert for $850,000 in 2004.
The call letters changed to KRWP on February 2, 2005.
The station initially relied on programming from
Jones Radio Networks
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;
in later years, KRWP was a
full service Full service or Full Service may refer to:
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* Full Service Network, a communications company
Entertainment
* "Full Service", a song by the New Kids on the Block from their album ''The Block''
* F ...
station, with classic country music being supplemented with a
tradio
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"Tradio" is a po ...
program and high school sports coverage.
Cumulus' acquisition of the station was part of its plan to move
KMAJ-FM
KMAJ-FM, branded as ''Majic 107.7'', is a radio station serving Topeka, Kansas and vicinity with an adult contemporary format. It operates on FM frequency 107.7 MHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an Ameri ...
, a
Topeka, Kansas
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, radio station it owned on the same frequency, to the
Kansas City
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market, which would have required KRWP to reduce its power. The KMAJ-FM move was called off in 2006, after Cumulus' purchase of
Susquehanna Radio Corporation
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, as the move would have given it too many FM radio stations in Kansas City.
On January 17, 2018, KRWP went off the air without any notice from Cumulus.
Cumulus as quiet as 107.7 The Lake since closing station
/ref> Cumulus had earlier indicated that, following the Federal Communications Commission
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's repeal of rules requiring a local main studio, KRWP would close its local facilities and transfer its operations to Cumulus' Kansas City studios.VCY America
VCY America, is a traditional, evangelical, conservative Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian talk and teaching, as well as traditional Christian music through its broadc ...
agreed to buy the station for $100,000 on September 19, 2018; upon the completion of the sale, the station would convert to noncommercial operation and broadcast VCY's Christian radio
Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk progra ...
programming.
References
External links
IRS (FM)
Radio stations established in 1999
1999 establishments in Missouri
VCY America stations
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