KQMV

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**KQMV**
Broadcast area	Seattle/Tacoma
Branding	"MOViN' 92.5"
Slogan	Makes You Feel Good!
First air date	1964
Frequency	92.5 (MHz)
Format	Adult Rhythmic Top 40
ERP	58,000 watts
'Class	C
Callsign meaning	A reference to the upbeat Rhythmic and Dance hits the will get you Movin'
Owner	Sandusky Radio
Website	Movin' 92.5's website

KQMV, "Movin' 92.5," is a Adult Rhythmic Top 40 serving the Puget Sound area. The Sandusky Radio outlet operates at 92.5Mhz with a ERP of 58kw and its COL is Bellevue, Washington. Its transmitter is located in Issaquah, Washington.

[edit] History

KQMV, which signed on the air in November 1964 as KFKF-FM (and later became KBES), was well known for two of its most remembered incarnations: Progressive Rock KZAM-FM from April 1975 to July 1983, and Adult Contemporary KLSY (Classy 92.5) from July 1983 to May 2006, even though in February 2002 they would evolve to Adult Top 40 as Mix 92.5, but retained the KLSY calls.

After Mix 92.5 failed to click with listeners, Sandusky threw in the towel on May 1, 2006 at 12 noon by pulling the plug on KLSY to launch the new "MOViN 92.5", giving Seattle its first Adult-targeted Rhythmic format in ten years since KBKS in 1996. The last song on KLSY was Semisonic's Closing Time, while KQMV's first song as "MOViN" was The C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)." But unlike the last one, KQMV is featuring a mix of Rhythmic Pop/Dance currents and Old School hits in a Adult Top 40-like presentation and is positioning itself between Rhythmic Top 40 KUBE and non-commercial Dance Top 40 KNHC as it targets 25-44 females.

For now KQMV is currently running jockless but is expected to add airstaffers soon and has started running a series of TV ads to introduce the format to the market.