KREW

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KREW
KREW 1400AM logo.jpg
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 (1944-08-14) (as KVCP)
Former call signs
KVCP (1944-2002)
Technical information
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

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. [1] It also does simulcasts with station KKYN [2] and plays classic country music. [3]

Contents

The station initially joined the Mutual Broadcasting System [4] but is now a member of the Texas High Plains Radio Network. [5]

Station history

In 1944 Plainview, Texas radio began, after the FCC granted a license for the call letters of KVOP-AM to broadcast as a 250 watt station. Over time frequencies and call letters were added, and now the Plainview sister stations consists of KVOP-AM, KKYN-FM, KREW-AM and KRIA-FM. [4]

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