KQSW
KQSW is a country music formatted radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States, serving southwestern Wyoming. The station is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting of Wyoming, who identifies themselves as WyoRadio, which includes local sister stations KSIT, KMRZ-FM, and KRKK.
History
The station signed on the air in 1977. Its first owner was Media West. The station was relaunched in 1984 by Lifestyles, Inc., a company owned by Dennis Hill and John Walsh. In March 1989, Lifestyles, Inc. reached an agreement to sell KQSW to Poster Communications, Inc. for $721,600.The station has been owned and operated by Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming since 1999. Big Thicket consolidated KQSW's operations with sister stations KRKK and KSIT at a central facility on Yellowstone Road in Rock Springs. In the late 1990s, the station shifted its primary branding to "Q-96" and adopted a country music format.