KQUS-FM

Infobox Radio Station


city = Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
name = KQUS-FM
branding = "US97"
slogan = "Arkansas' Country Favorites"
airdate = February 7, 1969
frequency = 97.5 (MHz)
format = Country
erp = 100,000 Watts
class = C1
former_callsigns = KWBO (1982-1986)
owner = US Stations, LLC
sister_stations = KYDL-FM, KLXQ-FM, KZNG, KWXE-FM, KWXI
website = http://www.us97country.com

KQUS (97.5 FM), known as "US97", is a country music formatted radio station located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It broadcasts with an ERP of 100,000 Watts from its broadcast tower on Mount Riante, south of Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas where it shares tower space with sister station KYDL-FM.

KQUS is owned and operated by US Stations, LLC, a local company that also owns KYDL-FM, KLXQ-FM, & KZNG-AM in Hot Springs, Arkansas and KWXE-FM & KWXI-AM in Glenwood, Arkansas.

With a 15.7 share (12+), US97 was ranked #1 of 18 in Arbitron Ratings Data for Spring of '07. In Fall '07 Arbitron data, US97 was ranked #1 of 21, with a 16.5 share (12+), more than twice the amount of listeners of the next highest station in the market.

Notable weekday on-air programming includes mornings with the "US97 Wake-Up Crew" with Craig Dale & Vicki Parker, middays with Tom Duke, afternoons with David B. Treadway, and evenings with Payten Davis.

tudio location

125 Corporate Terrace, Hot Springs, AR 71913

The US Stations broadcast studio is in the former KVTH-TV Channel 26 building near the Hot Springs Mall. The previous US97 studio was in the upstairs part of the television studio, but has since moved to a new addition built in late 2006.

KQUS-FM shares a building with sister stations KYDL-FM, KLXQ-FM, and KZNG-AM.

External links

* [http://www.us97country.com US97 Website]
* [http://www.usstations.com Corporate Website]
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