KREW

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KREW
Frequency1400 kHz
BrandingHometown Radio 1400 KREW
Programming
FormatNews/Talk/Sports
AffiliationsSportsMap
Ownership
Owner
  • Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman
  • (High Plains Radio Network, LLC)
KKYN-FM, KRIA, KVOP
History
First air date
August 14, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-08-14) (as KVCP)
Former call signs
KVCP (1944-2002)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54683
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°12′55.00″N 101°43′25.00″W / 34.2152778°N 101.7236111°W / 34.2152778; -101.7236111
Links
Public license information

KREW (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed in Plainview, Texas. The station airs a news/talk/sports format and is owned by Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, LLC.[2] It also does simulcasts with station KKYN-FM[3] and plays classic country music.[4]

The station initially joined the Mutual Broadcasting System[5] but is now a member of the Texas High Plains Radio Network.[6]

Station history

In 1944, Plainview, Texas radio began, after the FCC granted a license for a station with the callsign KVOP to broadcast as a 250-watt station. Over time, other stations were added, and now the Plainview sister stations consists of KVOP, KKYN-FM, KREW and KRIA.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KREW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ KREW fcc.gov. Accessed December 19, 2013
  3. ^ Texas Music Office
  4. ^ Texas Association of Broadcasters
  5. ^ a b McDonough, Doug, Looking Back: Radio station has colorful history, Plainview Herald, May 25, 2008
  6. ^ Texas HPR Network

34°12′55″N 101°43′25″W / 34.21528°N 101.72361°W / 34.21528; -101.72361


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