KQSW is a country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 formatted radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming, serving southwestern Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

. The station is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting of Wyoming, who sometimes identifies themselves as WyoRadio, which includes local sister stations KSIT

KSIT

KSIT is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Rock Springs, Wyoming. KSIT's sister stations are KQSW 96.5, KRKK AM 1360, and KMRZ.-History:...

, KMRZ and KRKK

KRKK

KRKK is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming on 1360 kHz. KRKK broadcasts from two towers near its studios on Yellowstone Road in Rock Springs, Wyoming and is owned by Big Thicket Broadcasting Company of Wyoming. KRKK's primary format is talk but local news and...

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Signal

Like its sister FM station KSIT, KQSW broadcasts from a tower on Aspen Mountain

Aspen Mountain (Wyoming)

Aspen Mountain is a long mountain located approximately south of Rock Springs, Wyoming and south of Arrowhead Springs, in Sweetwater County. The mountain gets its name from patches of Quaking Aspen trees located on the north and southern faces of the mountain. Various older topographical maps...

 located south of Rock Springs

Rock Springs, Wyoming

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. Although sister stations KQSW and KMRZ are also on Aspen mouintian, the three stations use separate towers. KQSW can be heard throughout Sweetwater County, and in parts of northern Utah

Utah

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. KQSW's tower is 8647 feet (2,636 m) above sea level atop Aspen Mountain.