KOSY-FM

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KOSY-FM
Broadcast area Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
Frequency 95.7 MHz
BrandingSports Radio 95.7
Programming
Format Sports radio
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Iowa Hawkeyes
Ownership
Owner
KKRQ, KKSY-FM, KMJM, KXIC, WMT
History
First air date
February 14, 2008;16 years ago (2008-02-14) (as KKSY)
Former call signs
  • KKSY (2007–2012)
  • KWMG (2012–2013)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 162475
Class C3
ERP 18,000 watts
HAAT 118 meters (387 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°3′39″N91°32′36″W / 42.06083°N 91.54333°W / 42.06083; -91.54333
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website sportsradio957.iheart.com

KOSY-FM (95.7 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Anamosa, Iowa, and serving the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. It airs a sports radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios are at "Broadcast Park" (which also houses CBS TV affiliate KGAN channel 2) near the intersection of Collins Road (Iowa Highway 100) and Old Marion Road NE in Cedar Rapids.

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KOSY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 18,000 watts. The transmitter is on Radio Road near Iowa Highway 13 in Marion. [2]

History

The station signed on the air at 10 a.m. on February 14, 2008. Its call sign was KKSY and it aired a country music format, branded as "Kiss Country 95.7". [3] [4]

Logo as a simulcast of WMT WMTKWMG.png
Logo as a simulcast of WMT

Clear Channel Communications began simulcasting KKSY's programming on WMT-FM (96.5 FM) at 9 a.m. on December 27, 2011. [5] [6] [7] [8] The country format moved to 96.5 FM exclusively on January 2, 2012 (with the KKSY-FM call letters following a few weeks later), and 95.7 FM began simulcasting the news/talk programming of sister station WMT, eventually changing call letters to KWMG. [9] [10] On March 1, 2013, KWMG changed its call letters to the current KOSY-FM.

On August 18, 2014, KOSY-FM dropped the WMT simulcast, and flipped to Top 40/CHR as "Y95.7". [11] [12] On October 2, 2017, KOSY-FM rebranded as "Hot 95.7". [13] [14]

On August 5, 2024, at 10 a.m., following that day's broadcast of Elvis Duran and the Morning Show , KOSY-FM flipped to sports radio as "Sports Radio 95.7", duplicating the lineup and local programming of Des Moines sister station KXNO. The station also carries programming from Fox Sports Radio, and simulcasts all Iowa Hawkeyes broadcasts with WMT. [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOSY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KOSY-FM 95.7 MHz - Anamosa, IA". radio-locator.com.
  3. ↑ David DeWitte, "'New country' radio station launches today," The Cedar Rapids Gazette, February 14, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Broadcasting News-February 2008".
  5. ↑ Dave DeWitte, "Mix 96.5 fades out as station goes country," The Cedar Rapids Gazette, December 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ DeWitte, Dave (December 27, 2011). "Mix 96.5 Becomes History as Clear Channel Opts for Country Format". KCRG-TV9. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ "WMT Shares KKSY's Country Format". All Access. December 27, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Broadcasting News-December 2011".
  9. ↑ WMT-FM Becomes Kiss Country
  10. ↑ "Broadcasting News-January 2012".
  11. ↑ "Clear Channel Launches Cedar Rapids CHR - RadioInsight". August 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Broadcasting News-August 2014".
  13. ↑ KOSY Cedar Rapids Relaunches as Hot 95.7 Radioinsight - October 2, 2017
  14. ↑ "Broadcasting News-October 2017".
  15. ↑ KXNO Programming Expands to Cedar Rapids with Hot Flip
  16. ↑ "IHeart Launches Iowa Sports Network, Flips Cedar Rapids Station". August 5, 2024.
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