KRHW

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KRHW
KRHW 1520-98.9KRHW logo.png
Broadcast area Missouri Bootheel
Frequency 1520 KHz
Branding1520 & 98.9 KRHW
Programming
Format Classic Country
Ownership
Owner
WREZ, WMOK, WZZL, KGMO, KREZ, KBXB, KBHI, KJXX, KAPE, KYRX, WKIB
History
Former call signs
KMPL (19661997)
Technical information
Facility ID 16550
Class B
Power 5,000 watts Daytime
(2 towers)
5,000 watts Critical hours
(4 towers)
1,600 watts Nighttime
(6 towers)
Translator(s) 94.9 MHz  K235CY (Sikeston)
98.9 FM
(see section)
Links
Website http://www.krhw.com/

KRHW is a radio station broadcasting a classic country radio format. Licensed to Sikeston, Missouri, the station serves the Missouri Bootheel region of Southeast Missouri, and operates on 1520 kHz in the AM radio band. KRHW is owned by Withers Broadcasting Company of Southeast Missouri, LLC. [1]

Contents

KRHW's skywave signal has been received as far north as the Quad Cities and Chicago and as far south as New Orleans. [2] However, KRHW must protect the nighttime skywave signals of Class A clear-channel stations KOKC Oklahoma City and WWKB in Buffalo, which also transmit on 1520 kHz. The station reduces its power from 5,000 watts in the daytime to 1,600 watts at night. KRHW has an extremely directional antenna pattern aimed to the north and south with deep nulls to the east and west. [3] It uses a six-tower array to achieve its complex nighttime signal.

Prior to August 17, 1997, the station's call sign was KMPL. [4]

Translators

KRHW broadcasts on FM translator K255AW at 98.9 MHz to help make up for the shortfall in the station's nighttime signal to the east and west of the main AM station's transmitter site which includes Sikeston, and many surrounding rural portions of Scott and New Madrid counties, as well as Stoddard County to the west, Mississippi County to the east, and even far southwestern portions of Cape Girardeau County, far southeastern portions of Bollinger County, and the areas of Alexander County in extreme southern Illinois just west of Cairo and southeast of Cape Girardeau proper. The transmitter site for K255AW is located along the Scott Stoddard county line. [5]

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K235CY94.9 FM Sikeston, Missouri 25067  m (220  ft)D FMQ
K255AW98.9 FM Sikeston, Missouri 250116.1 m (381 ft)D FMQ

Sources

  1. "KRHW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Info.com Discussion Boards
  3. KRHW Night Pattern
  4. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. Translator K255AW Coverage Map

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