KSPW (96.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format.

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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 A post office called Sparta has been in ...

, United States, it serves

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. 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

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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

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/ Omaha. On August 29, 2012, Midwest Family Broadcasting Classic Hits “Star 92.9”

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dropped to a Rhythmic CHR “92.9 The Beat“. This put KSPW in direct competition with

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and the

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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 {{Missouri-radio-station-stub