The 92.9 frequency was originally the home of KOMG, which signed on with a Classic Country format in 1995. It was later known as Magic 92-9 as hot AC and then Mix 92–9. On September 13, 2010, KOMG swapped signals with sister station KOSP, which had an Adult Contemporary format billed as "Star 105.1." After the swap, KOSP was relaunched as "Star 92.9" but would later evolve to Classic Hits by 2011. On August 29, 2012, at 10AM, KOSP dropped their Classic Hits format for Rhythmic CHR as “92.9 The Beat." This puts KOSP in direct competition with KSPW, who started out as a Rhythmic when it flipped formats from AC in 2001.[1]
On October 20, 2014, KOSP began a new Morning Show called "Rich and McClain in the Morning." The slogan of the show is "Try something new," as they broadcast live from 6-10 am Monday through Friday. The show brings market vet and former morning host Dawn McClain who spent 12 years at KSPW with Richard Deaver Jr, who comes to KOSP from WPLJ in NYC where he was a member of the Todd Show in the Morning. He was the youngest full-time morning on-air personality in the New York City radio market. Deaver would leave the station a short time later, leaving McClain solo in mornings. In the time Rich and McClain was on the air they took the station from #9 to #1 in one book beating out Power, their main competition for the first time ever.[2]
On March 12, 2018, KOSP introduced “2 Chicks and a Mic”. The show is being promoted as the first all-female morning show in the Springfield market, hosted by Amber Nix and Lauren, the latter a holdover from the “Chris & Company” program.[3]
Station Lineupedit
Mornings: Julie Wilson Show
Middays: Julie Wilson
Afternoons: Mason on the Beat
Saturday Nights: Throwback 2k with Chris Cruise
Referencesedit
^"92.9 KOSP Springfield Has A Beat" from Radioinsight.com (August 29, 2012)
^"KOSP To Debut New Morning Show" from All Access (October 20, 2014)
^“92.9 The Beat Springfield MO Launches New On-Air Lineup” from Radio Insight (March 13, 2018)
kosp, beat, radio, station, broadcasting, format, licensed, ozark, missouri, united, states, serves, springfield, area, station, currently, owned, west, family, broadcasting, ozark, missouribroadcast, areaspringfield, missourifrequency92, mhzbranding92, beatpr. KOSP 92 9 FM 92 9 The Beat is a radio station broadcasting a CHR format Licensed to Ozark Missouri United States it serves the Springfield area The station is currently owned by Mid West Family Broadcasting KOSPOzark MissouriBroadcast areaSpringfield MissouriFrequency92 9 MHzBranding92 9 The BeatProgrammingFormatMainstream Top 40OwnershipOwnerMid West Family BroadcastingSister stationsKKLH KOMG KQRAHistoryFirst air date1995 as KOMG Former call signsKOMG 1995 2010 Technical informationFacility ID51100ClassC2ERP50 000 wattsHAAT150 metersLinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewww wbr 929thebeat wbr com Contents 1 Station History 2 Station Lineup 3 References 4 External linksStation History editThe 92 9 frequency was originally the home of KOMG which signed on with a Classic Country format in 1995 It was later known as Magic 92 9 as hot AC and then Mix 92 9 On September 13 2010 KOMG swapped signals with sister station KOSP which had an Adult Contemporary format billed as Star 105 1 After the swap KOSP was relaunched as Star 92 9 but would later evolve to Classic Hits by 2011 On August 29 2012 at 10AM KOSP dropped their Classic Hits format for Rhythmic CHR as 92 9 The Beat This puts KOSP in direct competition with KSPW who started out as a Rhythmic when it flipped formats from AC in 2001 1 On October 20 2014 KOSP began a new Morning Show called Rich and McClain in the Morning The slogan of the show is Try something new as they broadcast live from 6 10 am Monday through Friday The show brings market vet and former morning host Dawn McClain who spent 12 years at KSPW with Richard Deaver Jr who comes to KOSP from WPLJ in NYC where he was a member of the Todd Show in the Morning He was the youngest full time morning on air personality in the New York City radio market Deaver would leave the station a short time later leaving McClain solo in mornings In the time Rich and McClain was on the air they took the station from 9 to 1 in one book beating out Power their main competition for the first time ever 2 On March 12 2018 KOSP introduced 2 Chicks and a Mic The show is being promoted as the first all female morning show in the Springfield market hosted by Amber Nix and Lauren the latter a holdover from the Chris amp Company program 3 Station Lineup editMornings Julie Wilson Show Middays Julie Wilson Afternoons Mason on the Beat Saturday Nights Throwback 2k with Chris CruiseReferences edit 92 9 KOSP Springfield Has A Beat from Radioinsight com August 29 2012 KOSP To Debut New Morning Show from All Access October 20 2014 92 9 The Beat Springfield MO Launches New On Air Lineup from Radio Insight March 13 2018 External links editKOSP in the FCC FM station database KOSP in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 36 58 26 N 93 25 37 W 36 974 N 93 427 W 36 974 93 427 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KOSP amp oldid 1181598291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
