KWLS is an American FM radio station that broadcasts a Classic Country

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 on the 107.9 MHz frequency serving Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

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"107-9 Jamz"

The 107-9 Jamz format debuted in 2000 with the call letters KSJM, mainly played R&B and classic soul music and was the home of the Tom Joyner

Tom Joyner

Thomas "Tom" Joyner is an American radio host, host of the nationally syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and also founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, and BlackAmericaWeb.com.-Early life:...

 Morning Show. In 2002, the station started adding Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 into its programming after the demise of Smooth Jazz

Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....

 station KWSJ-98.7 (Now Talk

Talk radio

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 KFH-FM

KFH-FM

KFH-FM FM is a radio station broadcasting sports format in Wichita, Kansas. The station is licensed to Clearwater, Kansas and is currently owned by Entercom.-History:...

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In 2004, KSJM added hip hop to the playlist, and aired Doug Banks

Doug Banks

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. Banks' morning show was later replaced by a local morning show. In 2007, KSJM's local morning show was replaced by Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey

Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy...

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KSJM was co-owned through a joint partnership with Sherman Broadcasting (the original main owner) and Carter Broadcast Group (owners of Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 urban station KPRS

KPRS

KPRS is an Urban contemporary radio station that broadcasts on the 103.3 MHz frequency licensed to Kansas City. The station's playlist consists of hip-hop, R&B, soul, jazz, and gospel music...

 and gospel KPRT

KPRT

KPRT is an Urban Gospel music formatted radio station that broadcasts from Kansas City. It is owned by Carter Broadcasting Group, owner of sister station and flagship KPRS .- History :KPRT began operations as KPRS in 1950...

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"US-107.9."

On October 10, 2007 the two companies sold the station to Larry Steckline's AG Network Group.
On January 15, 2008, AG Network announced that KSJM would flip from Urban to Country as KWLS "US-107.9.". http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/NewsStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=yzZuEllq3v0%3d&. The station switched formats on January 19, 2008. KWLS got its call letters from an AM station in Pratt, Kansas

Pratt, Kansas

Pratt is a city in and the county seat of Pratt County in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,835. Pratt is home to Pratt Community College.-19th century:Pratt was founded in 1884 and named after Caleb S...

, (Super Hits 1290) that was formerly owned by Steckline in the 1980s & 90's.
Currently, no AM station has the KWLS call; hence the 107.9 FM does not have to use the -FM suffix.