Frequency | 107.7 MHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Christian |
Ownership | |
Owner | VCY America, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | January 20, 1999 |
Former call signs | KRLK (1998–2005) KRWP (2005–2019) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 78693 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 11,700 watts |
HAAT | 146 meters (479 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°31′25″N 93°52′41″W / 37.52363°N 93.87794°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | http://www.vcyamerica.org/ |
KIRS is a radio station licensed to Stockton, Missouri, broadcasting on 107.7 MHz FM. The station is owned by VCY America, Inc. [1]
The station signed on January 20, 1999, [2] as KRLK, broadcasting a classic country format branded as "The Lake". [3] Cumulus Media bought the station from Galen Gilbert for $850,000 in 2004. [4] The call letters changed to KRWP on February 2, 2005. [5] The station initially relied on programming from Jones Radio Networks; [3] in later years, KRWP was a full service station, with classic country music being supplemented with a tradio program and high school sports coverage. [6]
Cumulus' acquisition of the station was part of its plan to move KMAJ-FM, a Topeka, Kansas, radio station it owned on the same frequency, to the Kansas City market, which would have required KRWP to reduce its power. The KMAJ-FM move was called off in 2006, after Cumulus' purchase of Susquehanna Radio Corporation, as the move would have given it too many FM radio stations in Kansas City. [6]
On January 17, 2018, KRWP went off the air without any notice from Cumulus. [7] Cumulus had earlier indicated that, following the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of rules requiring a local main studio, KRWP would close its local facilities and transfer its operations to Cumulus' Kansas City studios. [6] VCY America agreed to buy the station for $100,000 on September 19, 2018; upon the completion of the sale, the station would convert to noncommercial operation and broadcast VCY's Christian radio programming. [8] The sale was consummated on January 10, 2019, at which point VCY America changed the station's call sign to KIRS.