KPXP, (97.9 FM). branded as Power 99 FM, is a

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broadcasting an

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music format. Licensed to

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, the station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc. The station was assigned the KRSI call letters by the

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on May 31,

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. The call sign was changed to the current KPXP on May 12, 2014, when the former KPXP on 99.5 (now

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) moved from the Northern Mariana Islands to Guam. The new KPXP inherited the station's name and format, explaining its use of the Power 99 name while being on 97.9 MHz.

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* * PXP Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in the Northern Mariana Islands {{NorthernMarianas-radio-station-stub