KSLI (AM)

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KSLI
Currently silent
Broadcast area Abilene metropolitan area
Frequency 1280 kHz
Branding92.5 The Ranch
Programming
Format Red dirt country
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
July 8, 1957 (first license granted, as KNIT) [1]
Former call signs
  • KNIT (1957–1998)
  • KGMM (1998–1999)
  • KBBA (1999–2001)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 54843
Class B
Power 500 watts (day)
226 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°26′30.5″N99°43′9.3″W / 32.441806°N 99.719250°W / 32.441806; -99.719250
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 925theranch.com

KSLI (1280 kHz) is an AM radio station that serves the Abilene, Texas, area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and until late February 2025, aired a red dirt and Texas country music format, simulcasting KMWX (92.5 FM).

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History

On Monday, March 1, 2010, the news/talk format on KSLI moved to sister station KYYW. KSLI then began broadcasting the classic country format that had been on KYYW.

The station was owned by Gap Central Broadcasting, which bought the station from Clear Channel Communications in 2007. Gap Central Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010. [3]

Previous logo KSLI Lonestar1280 logo.png
Previous logo

On Monday, February 10, 2020, KSLI transitioned from a classic country music format to a red dirt and Texas country music format under the "Lonestar 1280" branding. [4] KSLI still aired Abilene Wylie High School basketball, baseball and softball games, and was affiliated with Texas Farm Bureau.

On January 9, 2023, KSLI began simulcasting KMWX (92.5 FM), which took on the red dirt and Texas country music format as "92.5 The Ranch". [5] In October 2023, the station went silent due to transmitter problems. [6] On September 21, 2024, at 2:45 PM, KSLI came back on the air with a classic country format. On February 21, 2025, at 12 noon, KSLI was taken off the air again, as part of an ongoing series of closures of underperforming Townsquare Media stations. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSLI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. ↑ Vents, Lance (February 14, 2020). "KSLI Flips To Red Dirt Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ KMWX Flips to Red Dirt Country Radioinsight - January 9, 2023
  6. ↑ "AM Station KSLI - Station Information - FCC Public Inspection Files". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ Townsquare Signs Off AM's in Abilene and Quad Cities Radioinsight - March 6, 2025
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