KPXP

KPXP
City Garapan-Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Broadcast area Northern Mariana Islands
Branding Power 99 FM
Slogan Saipan's Souls and Rock N' Roll
Frequency 97.9 MHz
First air date May 31, 1991 (as KRSI)
June 7, 2004 (as The Rock 97.9)
September 2007 (The Kat 97.9)
Format Adult Album Alternative
ERP 6,500 watts
HAAT 455 meters (1493 feet)
Class C1
Facility ID 54766
Transmitter coordinates 15°11′06″N 145°44′30″E / 15.18500°N 145.74167°E / 15.18500; 145.74167
Former callsigns KRSI (1991-2014)
Owner Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc.
Sister stations KZGU
Website www.sorensenmediagroup.com/power99

KPXP, (97.9 FM). branded as Power 99 FM, is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative music format. Licensed to Garapan-Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, the station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc.[1]

The station was assigned the KRSI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 31, 1991.[2] The call sign was changed to the current KPXP on May 12, 2014, when the former KPXP on 99.5 (now KZGU) moved from the Northern Mariana Islands to Guam. The new KPXP inherited the station's name and format, explaining its use of the Power 99 name while being on 97.9 MHz.

References

  1. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Northern Mariana Islands (US Commonwealth). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. p. 305. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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