KTRW is a locally-owned adult standards

Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

 radio station based in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

, USA. It operates at 630 kHz with an ERP

Effective radiated power

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 of 530 watts (day) and 53 watts (night).

The station is owned by Mutual Broadcasting System, LLC (owned by Thomas Read, owner of KSPO

KSPO

KSPO is a Religious broadcasting talk outlet serving the Spokane, Washington area. The flagship station for the American Christian Network, it is owned by Thomas W. Read/Classical Broadcasting and its COL is Dishman, Washington, broadcasting at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 2.25 kW.-History:KSPO was an...

), which is unrelated to the defunct nationwide radio network of the same name

Mutual Broadcasting System

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; however, the station has been using this and the Liberty Broadcasting System

Liberty Broadcasting System

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 name as part of the station's promotion.

History

KTRW was originally at 970 kHz and was the home of KREM-TV

KREM-TV

KREM is the CBS television station affiliate serving the Spokane, Washington–Coeur d'Alene, Idaho market. Its digital signal is seen on UHF channel 20. The station is owned and operated by the Belo Corporation, and is sister station with KSKN-TV, The CW affiliate in the market. The two...

's AM

AM broadcasting

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 sister until it was sold off to different owners in the 1980s. The station then went on the air as KKPL on 3 April 1985. On 11 January 1989, the station changed its call sign to KHDL. On 5 November 1999, the station became KXLI and on 24 October 2005, the current KTRW. On September 25, 2005, the station changed frequency to KXLI's 630 signal and changed its format to adult standards. The format includes Christian music, news and talk.