KREW

This article is about the radio station. For other uses, see Krew (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Krew or Krewe.

KREW (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed in Plainview, Texas. The station airs a news/talk/sports format and is owned by Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, LLC.^[2] It also does simulcasts with station KKYN-FM^[3] and plays classic country music.^[4]

KREW

Plainview, Texas
Frequency	1400 kHz
Branding	Hometown Radio 1400 KREW
Programming
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Affiliations	SportsMap
Ownership
Owner	Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman (High Plains Radio Network, LLC)
Sister stations	KKYN-FM, KRIA, KVOP
History
First air date	August 14, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-08-14) (as KVCP)
Former call signs	KVCP (1944-2002)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54683
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′55.00″N 101°43′25.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

The station initially joined the Mutual Broadcasting System^[5] but is now a member of the Texas High Plains Radio Network.^[6]

Station history

In 1944, Plainview, Texas radio began, after the FCC granted a license for a station with the callsign KVOP to broadcast as a 250-watt station. Over time, other stations were added, and now the Plainview sister stations consists of KVOP, KKYN-FM, KREW and KRIA.^[5]