Broadcast area | Eureka, California |
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Frequency | 980 kHz |
Branding | EZ Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Adult Contemporary |
Affiliations |
Golden State Warriors Las Vegas Raiders |
Ownership | |
Owner | Eureka Broadcasting, Inc. |
KEJY, KEKA-FM, KINS-FM | |
History | |
First air date | January 26, 1947 (as KHUM) [1] |
Former call signs | KHUM (1947-1958)
[2] KINS (1958-2011) [3] KWSW (2011-2015) [3] KEJY (2015) [3] |
Former frequencies | 1240 kHz (1947-1956) [2] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 19841 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000
watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°48′02″N 124°07′39″W / 40.80056°N 124.12750°W |
Translator(s) | 95.5 K238CJ (Eureka) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kwsw980.com |
KWSW (980 AM) is a radio station licensed to Eureka, California, United States. The station airs an adult contemporary format (with a few adult standards formatted songs being added) and serves the Eureka area. The station is currently owned by Eureka Broadcasting, Inc. [4]
The station began broadcasting on January 26, 1947, and held the call sign KHUM. [1] [2] It originally broadcast at 1240 kHz. [2] In 1956, KHUM's frequency was changed to 980 kHz. [2]
Its call sign was changed to KINS in 1958. [2] The station aired a middle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s, [5] [6] and a news-talk format in the 1990s and 2000s. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2011, the station's call sign was changed to KWSW. [3] The station continued to air a news-talk format. [11] On June 9, 2015, the station's call sign was changed to KEJY, but it was changed back to KWSW on August 13, 2015. [3] It adopted a soft AC format branded "EZ Radio" on July 1, 2017. [12]