KEYN-FM

KEYN-FM (103.7 FM) is a radio station operating in Wichita, Kansas, owned by Entercom. The station broadcasts a classic hits music format, featuring hits from the 1970s and 1980s. The station's studios are located at North Woodlawn and East 21st Street in Northeast Wichita, while the transmitter is located outside Colwich, Kansas.

KEYN-FM
CityWichita, Kansas
Broadcast areaWichita, Kansas
Frequency103.7 MHz (HD Radio)
HD2: oldies/classic hits "The Greatest Hits of All Time"
Branding103.7 KEYN
SloganGreatest Hits
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
Ownership
OwnerEntercom Communications
(Entercom License, LLC)
KDGS, KFBZ, KFH, KNSS, KNSS-FM
History
First air date
1968
Technical information
Facility ID53151
ClassC0
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT307 meters (1,007 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekeyn.com

History

KEYN signed on the air in 1967 as a Top 40/CHR station, the first stereo FM station west of the Mississippi. In 1974 KEYN AM/FM was purchased by Robert Freeman, Lowell Denniston and Frank Carney. KEYN was located at 2829 N.Salina, Wichita, Ks. 67204. The station was purchased by legendary TM alum Jim Long and country music artist Charley Pride in 1980 as Long-Pride Broadcasting, throughout the years KEYN has incredible monikers during their run as a Top 40/CHR music station like "FM 104 KEYN", "MusicRadio 104 KEYN", and "Power 104 KEYN".

Long-Pride Broadcasting sold KEYN and its sister station KQAM 1410 in 1987 to Aberdeen Communications. On August 30, 1989, at Noon, after almost 22 years of playing the hits, KEYN flipped to oldies while retaining the KEYN call letters. The final song as "Power 104" was "The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley. This was followed by the station stunting with a 1000 hertz tone for 20 seconds with a 1050 hertz tone trespassing through it for the last 5 seconds; recommending a fake Emergency Broadcast System bulletin with an announcer recalling “This is not a test.” The bulletin recommends that the station flipped to an oldies format. The first song under the new format was "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles. Aberdeen allowed their company to go to receivership in 1991. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, KEYN's format gradually evolved to Classic Hits. It previously used the slogan "Wichita's Fun Oldies" and "The Greatest Hits of All Time", but nowadays, their current slogan is "Classic Hits 103.7 KEYN".

In the 1970s, their studios were located at 2829 N. Salina, Wichita, Ks. Later date studio located in the west end of the Central Heights Shopping Center at Central Ave. and Ridge Rd. Behind the Mr. D's IGA. During that time, the station's identification jingle was "The Rock of Wichita," and featured a graphic depicting the faces of Mt. Rushmore, wearing stereo headphones.

The station moved in early 2015 to the Ruffin Building at 9111 East Douglas, formerly the Pizza Hut headquarters.[1]

Previous logos

References
  1. "Entercom Radio to move to Ruffin Building". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-06-24.

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