Thursday, March 15, 2012

KSTR


KSTR "96.1 K-STAR" is a Classic Rock station licensed to Montrose, Colorado.
That much I know for sure. What's unclear is this KSTR sticker from the mid-1980s.

KSTR-AM was located at 620 AM and licensed to Grand Junction, CO (currently Contemporary Christian KJOL.) The FM half doesn't seem to exist, at least with the KSTR call letters. Both the 1984 and 1985 Broadcasting Yearbooks list 96.1 FM as being KWDE with an "Adult Contemporary, Modern Country" (?!) format.

I can find no evidence of a station having the KSTR calls in the mid-80s (as dated by the coupon expiration.) Judging by the Morning Zoo caricatures the station probably had a CHR format. Maybe there's no relation to the current K-STAR and the vintage KSTR other than having the same call letters and being from the same area. I'm through researching it.

UPDATE: See comments.

16 comments:

Lance Venta said...

96.1 KWDE became KSTR-FM on 1/1/1985 according to the FCC database.

Greg said...

If only I had taken a few seconds to look at the 1986 Yearbook where it clearly shows 96.1 KSTR licensed to Montrose, CO.

Anonymous said...

i love kstr

Anonymous said...

The frequency of this station is 96.1

Anonymous said...

Is KSTR still going?
they have been a heavy metal radio station

Anonymous said...

The station actually became K Star

Anonymous said...

there's no more than one heavy metal music

Anonymous said...

got a k star logo

Anonymous said...

961KSTR.com

Anonymous said...

KIBT is on the same channel

Anonymous said...

kobalt radio

Anonymous said...

I have 94.3 fm stickers in my collection

Anonymous said...

KSTR is now on 620. kjol

Anonymous said...

I love so much reduced radio frequency streaming

Anonymous said...

I love the K Star logo in purple, silver and black. The K is purple and the star is black

Anonymous said...

I love KMGJ or KKVT