KOLW
City | Basin City, Washington |
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Broadcast area | Tri-Cities |
Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
Branding | 97.5 KISS FM |
Programming | |
Format | Top 40/CHR |
Ownership | |
Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC) |
History | |
First air date | 1988-07-05 (as KZLO-FM) |
Former call signs | KZLO-FM (1988-1989) KZLN-FM (1989-2004) KHTO (2004-2004) |
Call sign meaning | Kool (former name with one O missing) Washington |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 51128 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 189 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°17′23.00″N 119°25′28.00″W / 46.2897222°N 119.4244444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 975kissfm.com |
KOLW (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40/CHR format branded as "97.5 KISS FM". Licensed to Basin City, Washington, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media.[1]
History[]
The station was started by P-N-P Broadcasting, Inc. and was issued a construction permit as a Class A station on 97.7 MHz assigned to Othello, WA in June, 1988. The call sign was later changed to KZLO and then to KZLN-FM. The permit was later modified to Class C3 on 97.5 MHz and signed on the air in February, 1992. The station was affiliated with the ABC Pure Gold Network and identified as Sizzlin Hot Oldies 97.5 serving the Columbia Basin. The station was sold to Verl Wheeler of KEYG Grand Coulee in 1996. The station was later sold again and the city of license was changed to Basin City and upgraded to a Class C1 station. The call letters were changed again on January 14, 2004 to KHTO. On October 31, 2004 to the current KOLW.[2]
On September 19, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., the station flipped from classic hits as 97.5 Kool FM to Rhythmic CHR as Hot 97.5. The first song as "Hot" was J. Cole's Crooked Smile.
On March 1, 2019, KOLW began stunting with construction sounds and riddles in between songs, teasing a relaunch on the following Monday, March 4, at 6 a.m., with the debut of a new morning show. One of the riddles, “Of no use for one, yet absolute bliss to two,” was related to 975KissFM.com, a domain discovered by radio industry website RadioInsight in January. The domain previously led to KOLW's former website.[3][4] At the announced time, the stunting ended and KOLW relaunched as 97.5 KISS FM with the syndicated Brooke & Jubal in the Morning as its new morning show.
Previous Logos[]
References[]
- ^ "KOLW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KOLW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ KOLW Stunting in Kennewick-Richland-Pasco
- ^ Domain Insight 1/30: Who Will Townsquare Kiss?
External links[]
- Official Website
- Flash Stream, MP3 Stream
- KOLW in the FCC FM station database
- KOLW on Radio-Locator
- KOLW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio stations in Washington (state)
- Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1988
- Townsquare Media radio stations
- Washington (state) radio station stubs