History
KQWB previously held the call letters KUTT in the 1960s. It later adopted the KQWB call letters, and was a Top 40 station for many years. It then switched to an all-sports format in the early 1990s and changed its call letters to KQFN ("The Fan"). In 1995, the station reverted to the KQWB call letters, airing an easy listening format as "Star 1550" (as they were at 1550 on the AM dial at that time.)
In 2000, the station switched from 1550 kHz to 1660 kHz. The 1550 kHz night pattern consisted of 5 towers and was difficult and expensive to maintain. KQWB was granted a construction permit for 10 KW day and 1 KW night (both non-directional) on 1660 kHz, and the station officially made the switch in September 2000, along with the addition of AM Stereo (which is no longer in use on KQWB).
The easy listening format was switched to a full-time talk format in 2003 as "Talk Radio 1660", with the lineup made up of mostly syndicated conservative talk programming, as well as CNN News Radio. The Ed Schultz Show was added to the lineup in 2006, after being removed from KFGO.
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