KTRS-FM

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KTRS-FM
Broadcast area Casper metropolitan area
Frequency 104.7 MHz
Branding104.7 KISS FM
Programming
Format Top 40
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
KKTL, KRNK, KRVK, KTWO, KWYY
History
First air date
November 1981 (at 95.5)
Former frequencies
95.5 MHz (1981–1997)
Call sign meaning
The KTRS call letters were originally at 95.5
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 26301
Class C1
ERP 18,000 watts
HAAT 554 meters (1,818 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kisscasper.com

KTRS-FM (104.7 MHz) is a top 40 radio station in Casper, Wyoming, branded as 104.7 Kiss FM and owned by Townsquare Media. As with a majority of FM stations broadcasting from Casper, the broadcast tower is located south of town on Casper Mountain.

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Station history

KTRS was formerly on 95.5 FM. At sign-on, the station was owned by a company known as Wyomedia. The construction permit for the station dates to September 16, 1977. [2] That frequency lasted from its sign-on date in 1981 until 1997. [3] When it was on 95.5 in the early to mid 1980s, the station aired a variety Top 40 format that played everything from Diana Ross to Pat Benatar and Journey. The format shifted in the 90s to harder rock, including Nirvana and Pearl Jam. For a time, it was simply branded "95.5 KTRS". [4]

After Mountain States Broadcasting sold the station to Clear Channel in the late 1990s, the station moved to 104.7 FM. For a short time after the sale and prior to the FCC granting a transfer of the KTRS call letters, the station used the call letters KYOD. Today, KTRS is known as KISS FM, and the playlist is Top 40 that ranges from Electronic Dance Music to Rap/Hip Hop and Pop Rock. KTRS and its sister stations were sold in the late 2000s to Gap West Broadcasting, which became Townsquare Media in 2011. [5] [6]

KTRS features local news from its sister station, KTWO (AM). The station also airs "Report to Wyoming", a public affairs program. Weather forecasts for the station are provided by Cheyenne-based Day Weather.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTRS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "FCC History Cards". Federal Communications Commission .
  3. ↑ "The Times They Are A Changin'". katicasper.com. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Casper Mountain, Wyoming FM/TV". Ubstudios.com. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  5. ↑ "CDBS Print". Federal Communications Commission.
  6. ↑ MJ Clark (August 20, 2010). "Townsquare Media buys GAP Radio, Hellum and Laughlin join Townsquare Media executive team". Wyoming Tribune Eagle .
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