KRMP

KRMP (1140 AM) is an urban adult contemporary radio station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The station is owned by The Perry Broadcasting Company. The station's studios are located at Perry Plaza II in the Eastside district of Northeast Oklahoma City, and the transmitter site is in the Southeast side of the city.

History

KRMP first signed on the air as KLPR. The station went through various formats such as Country and Disco. The call letters later flipped to KATT and started simulcasting Rock with its former sister station KATT-FM 100.5.

In the Spring of 1986, the station dropped simulcasting with KATT-FM and flipped to Urban Contemporary as KPRW "Power 1140". This move came when former Black/Urban station KAEZ-107.7 (Now Classic rock KRXO-FM) went off the air in the Fall of 1985. KPRW had great success with its Urban format, it even scored a 7 share in the ratings making it one of the Top 10 stations in Oklahoma City despite the station being a daytimer. By late 1989 and the early part of 1990, KPRW started losing some of its audience to Top 40 stations KJYO "KJ-103" and KZBS "Z-99" (Now Hot AC KYIS) which were both leaning heavily Dance and Rhythmic at the time. By the latter part of the early 90's KJYO and KZBS both started changing directions in their formats. KJYO went back to a Mainstream Top 40 direction and KZBS started leaning towards an Adult Top 40 direction, eventually becoming Hot AC KYIS "98.9 Kiss-FM", but it was too late for KPRW to regain its audience. Around that time KPRW dropped its Urban format and became a Business News/Talk format as "Power Business News 1140" once again leaving Oklahoma City without an Urban station. The format lasted for about 2 years when it was dropped and KPRW started simulcasting Rock with KATT-FM again.