KWSW

For the Eureka, California radio station that held the call sign KWSW at 790 AM from 1993 to 2011 and in 2015, see KEJY.

KWSW (980 AM) is a radio station licensed to Eureka, California, United States. The station airs an adult contemporary format (with a few adult standards formatted songs being added) and serves the Eureka area. The station is currently owned by Eureka Broadcasting, Inc.^[5]

KWSW

Eureka, California
Broadcast area	Eureka, California
Frequency	980 kHz
Branding	EZ Radio
Programming
Format	Adult Contemporary
Affiliations	Golden State Warriors Las Vegas Raiders
Ownership
Owner	Eureka Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KEJY, KEKA-FM, KINS-FM
History
First air date	January 26, 1947 (as KHUM)[1]
Former call signs	KHUM (1947–1958)[2] KINS (1958–2011)[3] KWSW (2011–2015)[3] KEJY (2015)[3]
Former frequencies	1240 kHz (1947–1956)[2]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	19841
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	40°48′02″N 124°07′39″W
Translator(s)	95.5 K238CJ (Eureka)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kwsw980.com

History

The station began broadcasting on January 26, 1947, and held the call sign KHUM.^[1][2] It originally broadcast at 1240 kHz.^[2] In 1956, KHUM's frequency was changed to 980 kHz.^[2]

Its call sign was changed to KINS in 1958.^[2] The station aired a middle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s,^[6][7] and a news-talk format in the 1990s and 2000s.^{[8][9][10][11]} In 2011, the station's call sign was changed to KWSW.^[3] The station continued to air a news-talk format.^[12] On June 9, 2015, the station's call sign was changed to KEJY, but it was changed back to KWSW on August 13, 2015.^[3] It adopted a soft AC format branded "EZ Radio" on July 1, 2017.^[13]