KRPM (107.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by Radio Billings, LLC.

History

KRPM signed on as KULU on May 22, 2000. On October 20, 2000, KULU flipped to 1980s hits as ''107.5 The River'' under the new callsign KZRV. The format later became

Adult Contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

, still as 107.5 The River. 107.5 changed

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to the current KRPM on November 10, 2006 and changed formats to

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as ''Rock 107.5'', which it carried until March 2010, when it flipped back to AC as ''Magic 107.5''. On June 25, 2014, 107.5 switched to a simulcast of KYSX as "Twang 105" and on July 3, 2014 "Twang 105" officially switched to "Twang 107.5" and ''K-Rock 105'' debut on 105.1 FM, In 2015 K-Rock switch to

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as Cross Roads 105.1, and as of January 1, 2018 switched to

Adult Contemporary Music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

as Classy 105. On May 28, 2018 Classy 105 was rebranded as 105.1 Star FM (operated by Radio Billings, LLC). Twang 107.5 & MOJO 92-5 are operated by Anthony Media.

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