KWES-FM

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KWES-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency 93.5 MHz
BrandingClassic Country 93.5
Programming
Format Classic country
Ownership
Owner
  • Will Rooney
  • (MTD, Inc.)
History
First air date
1984 (1984)
Former call signs
  • KTNT (1983–1987)
  • KBUY-FM (1987–1990)
  • KWES (1990–2007) [1]
Call sign meaning
"West"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 70824
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 57 meters (187 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°23′12.2″N105°40′15.9″W / 33.386722°N 105.671083°W / 33.386722; -105.671083
Links
Public license information
Website www.kwes.net/kwes--93.5-fm.html

KWES-FM (93.5 FM, "The West 93.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Ruidoso, New Mexico. The station is owned by Will Rooney, through licensee MTD, Inc. It airs a classic country music format. [3]

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History

The station was assigned the KWES-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on July 17, 2007. [1] Before this, it had held the adorned KWES call sign since November 15, 1990.

Walton Stations sold its Rudioso cluster—KWES-FM, KWES AM, and KBUY—to Will Rooney's MTD Inc., owner of KNMB and KIDX, in 2024 as part of a $170,000 deal. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KWES-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (July 19, 2024). "Station Sales Week Of 7/19". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 28, 2025.


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