KRWM
City | Bremerton, Washington |
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Broadcast area | Greater Puget Sound area, Washington |
Branding | Warm 106.9 |
Slogan | Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites |
Frequency | 106.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
First air date | 1964 (as KBRO-FM) |
Format | Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) HD2: Adult Standards (KIXI simulcast) |
ERP | 49,000 watts |
HAAT | 396 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 53870 |
Transmitter coordinates | 473239N 1220629W / 47.54417N 122.10806WCoordinates: 473239N 1220629W / 47.54417N 122.10806W |
Callsign meaning | K Radio WarM |
Former callsigns | KBRO-FM (19641979) KWWA (19791984) KHIT (19841986) KNUA (19861990) KKNW (19901992) |
Owner | Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (Seattle FCC License Sub, LLC) |
Sister stations | KIXI, KKNW, KQMV, KVRQ |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | warm1069.com |
KRWM (106.9 FM), "Warm 106.9", is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving the Puget Sound region. The Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. outlet broadcasts at 106.9 MHz with an ERP of 49 kW and is licensed to Bremerton, Washington. Its transmitter is located near Issaquah, Washington on Cougar Mountain, with studios located at Newport Corporate Center in Bellevue.
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History[edit]
KRWM, whose legacy dates back to 1964 as KBRO-FM and whose formats included Top 40 (19641972), country music (19721984, changed call letters to KWWA in 1979), second run at top 40 (1984September 5, 1987 as KHIT), new age (September 5, 1987 1990) as KNUA ("Music for a New Age"), and smooth jazz KKNW ("Sound FM") (1990-1992), switched to a soft adult contemporary format on October 16, 1992 as KRWM ("Warm 107").[3][4]
As KRWM, the station competed against KLTX, known as "95.7 K-Lite". At first, it looked that the station did not have a promising future and was about to change formats; however, when KLTX unexpectedly flipped formats in 1994, KRWM picked up most of KLTX's former listeners, and ratings increased dramatically.
Up until mid-July 2014, KRWM was also the flagship station of Delilah Rene's nighttime syndicated program for Premiere Radio, which originates from the station's studios (she lives in Seattle). Prior to going nationwide, Delilah's program was a regular nightly feature on KRWM. Today, Delilah's program only airs in Washington state on KISC-FM in Spokane. From mid-November to December 26 of every year, KRWM airs all-Christmas music with its website streaming all-Christmas music from November 1 to mid-November. They are one of two stations in Seattle to play continuous Christmas music, the other being KCMS-FM.
In 2013, Sandusky Radio sold its radio holdings in Seattle and Phoenix, Arizona to Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Airstaff[edit]
- Allan Fee & Ashley Ryan - Weekdays 5-9AM
- Shellie Hart - Weekdays - 9AM-2PM
- AJ & Laurie Hardie- Weekday Afternoons 2-7PM
- Heather - Weeknights 7PM-12AM
- John Fisher - Weekends
- Maya - Weekends
- Dianna Rose - Weekends
- Joseph "Redbeard" O'Dell - Weekdays 5-9 AM with Allan & Ashley
References[edit]
- ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=11 HD Radio Guide for Seattle-Tacoma
- ^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=53870 KRWM digital status
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-09-11.pdf
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1992/RR-1992-10-23.pdf