KTRS-FM
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KTRS-FM is a Top 40 (CHR)
radio station in Casper, Wyoming
branded as 104.7 Kiss FM
owned by Townsquare Media. KTRS is a former Clear Channel
station and will keep its current format and KISS-FM brand. As with almost every local FM
station in and around Casper, the broadcasting tower is located south of town on Casper Mountain
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format. In the late 90s moved it to 104.7 FM after being sold by Heart Media to Mountain States Broadcasting. For short time in the late 90s after moving to 104.7 FM the station used the call letters KYOD before the FCC granted transfer of the KTRS call letters from its location at 95.5 FM.
with Kid Kelly, American Top 40
with Ryan Seacrest, the Weekend Throwdown with Jagger, the Baka Boyz, and Dawson McAllister Live
.
KTRS features news broadcasts from ABC Radio news, as well as local news from its sister station KTWO (AM)
. Also provided by KTWO AM the station airs, "Report to Wyoming", a public affairs program. Weather forecasts for the station are provided by Cheyenne, WY based Day Weather.
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
radio station in Casper, Wyoming
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...
branded as 104.7 Kiss FM
KISS-FM (brand)
KISS-FM is the brand name of a Top 40 music format heard on FM radio stations in many cities in the United States . Clear Channel Communications claims ownership of the KISS-FM brand and operates most KISS-FM formatted stations, though not KISS-FM in San Antonio, Texas itself .-Origin and...
owned by Townsquare Media. KTRS is a former Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
station and will keep its current format and KISS-FM brand. As with almost every local 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"...
station in and around Casper, the broadcasting tower is located south of town on Casper Mountain
Casper Mountain
Casper Mountain is a long mountain at the north end of the Laramie Mountains overlooking Casper, Wyoming along the North Platte River. Casper Mountain is such in length that it's visible from Space, at the altitude that the ISS and Space Shuttle fly...
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Station history
KTRS was formerly on 95.5 FM from its sign on date in the 1980s to the late 1990s. KTRS, when it was on 95.5, was mostly a hard rockHard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
format. In the late 90s moved it to 104.7 FM after being sold by Heart Media to Mountain States Broadcasting. For short time in the late 90s after moving to 104.7 FM the station used the call letters KYOD before the FCC granted transfer of the KTRS call letters from its location at 95.5 FM.
Programing
Personalities include Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor, JoJo, Donovan Short, and Mike Miller. KTRS also airs the "Back In The Day Buffet", weekdays at noon, a show that features top 40 music from the 90s, as well as early in the new decade. Also the station airs the following nationally syndicated programs Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40, Backtrax USABacktrax USA
Backtrax USA is a two hour radio program hosted by former WHTZ DJ Kid Kelly that premiered in 1993.The show originally highlighted hit music from the 1980s. Since 2003, however, Backtrax USA has offered a 1990s version of the show featuring hit music from this decade alongside that of the '80s...
with Kid Kelly, American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
with Ryan Seacrest, the Weekend Throwdown with Jagger, the Baka Boyz, and Dawson McAllister Live
Dawson McAllister Live
Dawson McAllister Live is a talk radio show hosted by Dawson McAllister where teenagers and young adults talk about problems in life including divorce, depression, cutting, suicide, drug addictions, eating disorders, homosexuality, and family issues...
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KTRS features news broadcasts from ABC Radio news, as well as local news from its sister station KTWO (AM)
KTWO (AM)
thumb|KTWO's towers are located east of Casper.KTWO is an American radio station licensed to Casper, Wyoming operating on 1030 kHz. KTWO broadcasts a 50,000 watt signal from two towers located east of Casper near Hat Six Road...
. Also provided by KTWO AM the station airs, "Report to Wyoming", a public affairs program. Weather forecasts for the station are provided by Cheyenne, WY based Day Weather.