KRST
Encyclopedia
KRST is a commercial radio station
located in Albuquerque, New Mexico
, broadcasting
to the Albuquerque
-Santa Fe, New Mexico
area on 92.3 FM
. KRST airs a country music
format.
. Prior to the release of the 1980 hit "Urban Cowboy
," KRST was a very successful and widely popular Album Oriented Rock station. The station was the classic representation of what FM radio used to be: Silky-smooth voiced DJ's, Tracks played well into the deepest part of an artist's collection of albums and strictly vinyl.
Juan Velasco follows the Get up Gang and does the KRST Country Lunch at noon. Operations Manager Eddie Haskell is on from 3-7 PM. The Big Time with Whitney Allen airs from 7-12 AM. Christi does the shift from 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM. On Sundays Eric Butler comes on from 6-10 AM and does The Sunday Morning Classics Show.
Radio station
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located in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, broadcasting
to the Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
-Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
area on 92.3 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
. KRST airs a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format.
Album Oriented Rock, Out - Country, In
92.3 KRST owes its current incarnation to movie actor and former "SweatHog" John TravoltaJohn Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
. Prior to the release of the 1980 hit "Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy
Released as a 2× vinyl record album, re-released on CD in 1995.Side A:#Hello Texas – Jimmy Buffett #All Night Long – Joe Walsh #Times Like These – Dan Fogelberg #Nine Tonight – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band...
," KRST was a very successful and widely popular Album Oriented Rock station. The station was the classic representation of what FM radio used to be: Silky-smooth voiced DJ's, Tracks played well into the deepest part of an artist's collection of albums and strictly vinyl.
On air personalities
The Get up Gang, the KRST morning show, was nominated for an ACM in 2006 for Best Show (Medium Market). The Get up Gang members are Dawson McKay & Kristina Carlyle, KOAT-TV's Marisa Maez (news), and KOAT's Rob Gaurino (meteorologist).Juan Velasco follows the Get up Gang and does the KRST Country Lunch at noon. Operations Manager Eddie Haskell is on from 3-7 PM. The Big Time with Whitney Allen airs from 7-12 AM. Christi does the shift from 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM. On Sundays Eric Butler comes on from 6-10 AM and does The Sunday Morning Classics Show.