KVWF

KVWF
City Augusta, Kansas
Broadcast area Wichita, Kansas
Branding Flight 100.5
Frequency 100.5 MHz
First air date March 30, 2006 (as KIBB)
Format AAA
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 84 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 164106
Transmitter coordinates 37°44′13.00″N 97°9′25.00″W / 37.7369444°N 97.1569444°W / 37.7369444; -97.1569444
Callsign meaning K V WolF (former branding)
Former callsigns KPLN (1/20/2006 - 3/09/2006, CP)
KZLN (3/09/2006 - 3/30/2006, CP)
KIBB (3/30/2006 - 2/13/2008)
KGGG (2/13/2008-2/21/2008)
Owner Rocking M Media
(Rocking M Media Wichita, LLC)
Sister stations KIBB, KKGQ, KWME
Website

KVWF (100.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Augusta, Kansas, United States. The station serves the Wichita area. The station is currently owned by Rocking M Media. The station's studios are located at Brittany Place in Northeast Wichita and the transmitter is in Andover.

Frequency history

The 100.5 frequency is the newest and most recent frequency to sign on in Wichita. The frequency would officially sign on the air on March 30, 2006, with an adult hits format, branded as "100.5 Bob FM" and call letters KIBB. On February 14, 2008, the adult hits format and KIBB call letters would be moved to the newly acquired 97.1 frequency. 100.5 would flip to a country format, branded as "100.5 The Wolf". The station would temporarily hold 97.1's former KGGG call letters until February 21, when the station switched call letters with a station in Iowa. The Wolf started with a "10,000 songs in a row" promotion, which is common among newer radio stations, in order to attract an audience.

On November 23, 2015, KVWF changed their format to classic country, branded as "100.5 Hank FM".[1] The move takes place almost a year after former classic country station KFTI-FM was sold to Envision and flipped to Rhythmic AC (the format was subsequently moved to 1070 AM).

Rocking M Media acquired KVWF and KIBB from Connoisseur Media effective September 30, 2017, at a purchase price of $3.3 million.

On December 2, 2017, at Midnight, KVWF began stunting with Christmas music. On December 28th, at 2 p.m., KVWF flipped to an adult album alternative format (the first of its kind in the market), branded as "Flight 100.5". The first song under the new format was "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wichita's Wolf Gives Way to Classic Country Hank FM
  2. ↑ Hank Packs Up and Leaves Wichita Radioinsight - December 5, 2017


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