KARS-FM

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KARS-FM
KARSlogo.png
Broadcast area Cheyenne, Wyoming
Fort Collins-Loveland-Greeley
Frequency 102.9 MHz
BrandingPower 102.9
Programming
Format Rhythmic Top 40
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerThe Fort Collins/Lafayette Divestiture Trust
Operator Townsquare Media
KCGY, KOWB, KKPL, KMAX, KTRR and KUAD
History
First air date
1974 (as KIOZ) [ citation needed ]
Former call signs
KIOZ (1974–1984)
KRQU (1984–2002)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 10334
Class C1
ERP 83,000 watts
HAAT 248 meters (814 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°52′36.9″N105°41′46″W / 40.876917°N 105.69611°W / 40.876917; -105.69611 (NAD83)
Translator(s) 103.7 K279DE (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)
Repeater(s) 102.9 KARS-FM1 (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website power1029noco.com

KARS-FM (102.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed for Laramie, Wyoming and broadcasting to the Cheyenne, Wyoming and Fort Collins-Greeley, Colorado areas. KARS-FM airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format branded as "Power 102.9". The station is currently owned by a divestiture trust of Townsquare Media. [2]

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The station has an FM booster, KARS-FM1, licensed for Fort Collins, Colorado on 102.9 MHz; the booster has been licensed since September 2007.

History

The station changed its call sign from KIOZ to KRQU on March 12, 1984. On March 25, 2002, the station changed its call sign to the current KARS. [3]

In December 2008, the station dropped the oldies format and began simulcasting KMAX-FM 94.3's classic hits format.

On March 12, 2009, KARS-FM changed their format to classic rock, branded as "Rock 102.9".

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Previous format logo

On September 5, 2019, KARS-FM flipped to Rhythmic contemporary as "Power 102.9," bringing the format to the state of Wyoming for the first time. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KARS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KARS-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KARS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Townsquare Brings Hip-Hop Power 102.9 To Fort Collins" from Radio Insight (September 6, 2019)


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