KSMM
Frequency1470 kHz
Ownership
Owner
  • MyTown Media
  • (My Town Media Inc)
History
First air date
September 15, 1960 (as KLIB)
Former call signs
KLIB (1960-1985)
KILS (1985-1988)
KYUU (1988-2008)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID36752
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
170 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
37°03′55″N 100°51′59″W / 37.06528°N 100.86639°W / 37.06528; -100.86639

KSMM (1470 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to serve the community of Liberal, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by My Town Media.[2] The transmitter, tower, and studio were just south of Highway 54 on the east side of town.

History

The station was assigned the call sign KLIB by the Federal Communications Commission on July 20, 1960. The station changed the call sign to KILS on March 1, 1985, then to KYUU on October 4, 1988,[1] when it was part of the "LS Network" of Kansas radio entrepreneur Larry Steckline.[3]

The format in 1984/1985 was adult contemporary, and personalities on the air at that time included Paul Maldanado, Tim Malone, and John Jenkinson. Max Libby was the General Manager.

The call sign changed to KSMM on February 13, 2008.[1]

As part of owner Rocking M Media's bankruptcy reorganization, in which 12 stations in Kansas would be auctioned off to new owners, it was announced on October 31, 2022, that Pittsburg-based MyTown Media was the winning bidder for KSMM for $20,000. While the bankruptcy court has approved the purchase, the sale was officially filed with the FCC on February 2, 2023.[4][5][6][7]

The sale to MyTown Media was approved by the FCC on March 29, 2023, and was consummated on May 12.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Harris News Service: "Radio station to expand coverage," December 16, 1988, Salina Journal, retrieved from Newspapers.com OCR text, July 26, 2020.
  4. ↑ Four Operators to Split 12 Stations Auctioned Off by Rocking M Media
  5. ↑ The Rocking M Asset Auction Concludes
  6. ↑ Rocking M Auction Opens Window to Kansas Broadcasters to Grow Their Reach
  7. ↑ "Draft Copy « License Modernization « FCC".
  8. ↑ https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/consummationDraftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff388029daa01882499e9c30118&id=25076ff388029daa01882499e9c30118&goBack=N


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