KEYW

Last updated
KEYW
Broadcast area Tri-Cities, Washington
Frequency 98.3 MHz
Branding98.3 The Key
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
KFLD, KOLW, KONA, KONA-FM, KORD-FM, KXRX, KZHR
History
First air date
June 30, 1986
Former call signs
KTCW (1984–1986, CP)
Technical information
Facility ID 68846
Class C1
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 304 meters
Transmitter coordinates
46°4′58.00″N119°9′39.00″W / 46.0827778°N 119.1608333°W / 46.0827778; -119.1608333
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website keyw.com

KEYW (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Pasco, Washington, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. [1]

Contents

On December 1, 2010 ownership group Townsquare Media announced changes regarding the 98.3 frequency. With the attempted acquisition of former New Northwest broadcast properties in the market, Townsquare would be over the FCC ownership limit in the Tri-Cities. The company would have been forced to divest some properties. These stations to be divested would operate in a divestiture trust until they are sold. The 98.3 frequency would have been moved into this trust.

In July, 2011, the FCC stopped Townsquare Media's plan to buy 12 Tri-City and Yakima radio outlets from New Northwest Broadcasters. According to the July 30, 2011, Tri-City Herald, "An eight-page letter from the FCC to Townsquare released on the agency's website Friday said that proposed use of a divestiture trust was a substantial departure from the kinds of uses previously approved by the commission and dismissed five sets of applications that would have reassigned the radio station licenses."

History

The station was assigned the call letters KTCW on 1984-07-25. On 1986-04-14, the station changed its call sign to the current KEYW. [2]

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References

  1. "KEYW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "KEYW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.