93.9 FM, McCook
First Air Date: September 17, 1998
Operating Power: 50,000 watts
Original Call Letters: KSWN
Format: News/Talk/Sports, Adult Contemporary
General Manager: Jay Austin
Chief Engineer: Val Lane
Date of FCC Issue: January 15, 1999
Issued To: Austin McCook LLC
Through the Years
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1995
June 6, 1997- KSWN call letters approved.
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1996
January 19, 1996- Original construction permit granted.
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1998
February 19, 1998- Construction Permit to replace expired permit approved.
September 17, 1998- KSWN 93.9 FM signs on with 50,000 watts at 492 feet. Studios/Offices located at 108 West 8th Street in McCook, NE, co-located with KIOD FM. Transmitter location: approximately 16 miles west of McCook, south-southeast of Culbertson, NE off NE-17 and country road 713.
Jay Austin, CEO and President. W. Lawrence Patrick, General Manager. Slogan: 93.9 “The Prairie.”
Format: News/Talk/Sports, Adult Contemporary.October 16, 1998- Construction permit extension approved.
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2005
October 13, 2005- Austin-McCook LLC (Jay and Eileen Austin) sells KSWN FM to Hometown Family Radio (Legacy Communications, Jay Vavricek, President) for $1.3 million, which includes sister station KIOD FM. Jay Austin initially remains as General Manager but eventually Alan Usher is named VP General Manager.
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2016
Format flip from hot adult contemporary, “The Prairie” to Top 40 , “The Zone, 93.9”.