KOLW

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KOLW
Broadcast area Tri-Cities, Washington
Frequency 97.5 MHz
Branding97.5 Kool FM
Programming
Format Defunct, was classic hits
Ownership
OwnerThe Tri Cities Divestiture Trust
KEYW, KFLD, KONA, KONA-FM, KORD-FM, KXRX, KZHR
History
First air date
February 1992;32 years ago (1992-02)
Last air date
January 2024;7 months ago (2024-01)
Former call signs
  • KZLO-FM (1988–1989)
  • KZLN-FM (1989–2004)
  • KHTO (2004)
Call sign meaning
Kool (former name with one O missing) Washington
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51128
Class C1
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 189 meters (620 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 46°17′22.4″N119°25′32″W / 46.289556°N 119.42556°W / 46.289556; -119.42556
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 975koolfm.com

KOLW (97.5 FM) was a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format branded as "97.5 Kool FM". Licensed to Basin City, Washington, United States, the station served the Tri-Cities area. The station was last owned by The Tri Cities Divestiture Trust, a divesiture trust for Townsquare Media. [2]

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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 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 in 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, KHTO changed call letters to the current KOLW. [3]

On April 8, 2012, KOLW changed its branding from "Cool 97.5" to "97.5 Kool FM", tweaking its classic hits playlist from the 1960s and the 1970s into the 1970s through the 1980s. [4]

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Logo as "Hot 97.5"

On September 19, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., KOLW flipped to Rhythmic CHR as "Hot 97.5". [5]

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. [6] [7] 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. [6]

On June 17, 2022 Townsquare Media placed KOLW into The Tri Cities Divestiture Trust, as part of its acquisition of Cherry Creek Broadcasting. On July 1, 2022, KOLW flipped back to classic hits as "97.5 Kool FM", while the Rhythmic CHR format and "Kiss FM" branding were moved to newly acquired 105.3 KONA-FM. [8]

In January 2024, KOLW went silent. [9] The license was surrendered for cancellation that June. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOLW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KOLW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KOLW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "A New Kind Of Kool In Tri-Cities, WA". radioinsight.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "KOLW Goes From Kool To Hot". radioinsight.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "KOLW Relaunches As 97.5 Kiss-FM". radioinsight.com.
  7. ↑ "Domain Insight 1/30: Who Will Townsquare Kiss?". radioinsight.com.
  8. ↑ "Kiss-FM Moves In Tri-Cities". radioinsight.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ "97.5 Kool-FM Tri-Cities Ceases Operation". radioinsight.com. January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (June 21, 2024). "Townsquare Divestiture Trust Surrenders Washington FM License". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
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