KREW

Last updated
KREW
Frequency 1400 kHz
BrandingHometown Radio 1400 KREW
Programming
Format News/Talk/Sports
Affiliations SportsMap
Ownership
Owner
  • Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman
  • (High Plains Radio Network, LLC)
KKYN-FM, KRIA, KVOP
History
First air date
August 14, 1944;80 years ago (1944-08-14) (as KVCP)
Former call signs
KVCP (1944-2002)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 54683
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°12′55.00″N101°43′25.00″W / 34.2152778°N 101.7236111°W / 34.2152778; -101.7236111
Links
Public license information

KREW (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed in Plainview, Texas. The station airs a news/talk/sports format and is owned by Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, LLC. [2] It also does simulcasts with station KKYN-FM [3] and plays classic country music. [4]

Contents

The station initially joined the Mutual Broadcasting System [5] but is now a member of the Texas High Plains Radio Network. [6]

Station history

In 1944, Plainview, Texas radio began, after the FCC granted a license for a station with the callsign KVOP to broadcast as a 250-watt station. Over time, other stations were added, and now the Plainview sister stations consists of KVOP, KKYN-FM, KREW and KRIA. [5]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KREW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. KREW fcc.gov. Accessed December 19, 2013
  3. Texas Music Office
  4. Texas Association of Broadcasters
  5. 1 2 McDonough, Doug, Looking Back: Radio station has colorful history, Plainview Herald, May 25, 2008
  6. Texas HPR Network

34°12′55″N101°43′25″W / 34.21528°N 101.72361°W / 34.21528; -101.72361