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| City | Henderson, Nevada |
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas Valley |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 95.5 The Bull |
| Slogan | Las Vegas' New Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country HD2: Classic Country HD3: Regional Mexican La Campensina 96.7 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC) |
| KYMT, KSNE | |
| History | |
First air date | 1972 (as KILA) |
Former call signs | KILA (1972-1985) KYYX (1985-1987) KLSQ (1987-1989) |
Call sign meaning | K WiNneR (former branding) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 61527 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 354 meters (1,161 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 92.7 FM K224AR (Beatty, NV) 96.7 FM K244EX (Las Vegas relays HD 3) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | https://955thebull.iheart.com/ |
KWNR is a commercial radio station located in Henderson, Nevada, broadcasting to the Las Vegas Valley area on 95.5 FM. KWNR airs a country music format. Its studios are in Las Vegas a mile west of the Strip and its transmitter is on Black Mountain in Henderson.
History
KWNR has been a country station in the Las Vegas area since 1990.
95.5 FM first signed on the air in 1972 as KILA. 95.5 was the original home for Christian KILA from 1972 until 1985. When KILA moved to another frequency, the short-lived KYYX 95.5 FM began. It was another country format specifically designed to compete with KFMS (101.9).
KYYX never was able to compete with KFMS and floundered after two years; 95.5 switched to Hot AC KLSQ (Q95) in 1987.
In 1989, the station switched calls to KWNR and was known as "Winner 95.5". "Winner 95.5" lasted about a year before switching to "New Country 95.5" in September 1990.
In 2004, "New Country" was dropped and the station was known as 95.5 KWNR. The "New Country" label came back in the summer of 2006. Streaming began November 17, 2005.
It is the Las Vegas home of After Midnite.
On September 20, 2013, KWNR rebranded as "95.5 The Bull".[2]
References
- ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=38 Archived 2016-09-14 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Las Vegas
- ^ KWNR Las Vegas Becomes The Bull
External links
- Official Website
- KWNR in the FCC's FM station database
- KWNR on Radio-Locator
- KWNR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- K224AR in the FCC's FM station database
- K224AR on Radio-Locator