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KSMM-FM

Radio station in Liberal, Kansas

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ65122520 ↗
Source-derived summary

KSMM-FM (101.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Liberal, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Kansas Broadcast Company, LLC. It airs a Regional Mexican music format.

The station was assigned the call sign KSLS by the Federal Communications Commission on April 10, 1978. In the 1980s, under that call sign, it was part of the "LS Network" of Kansas radio entrepreneur Larry Steckline. The station changed its call sign to KSMM-FM on February 15, 2008.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “KSMM-FM” as radio station in Liberal, Kansas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KSMM-FM, Radio and station.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with KSMM-FM, Radio and station providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “KSMM-FM”, the useful work is to connect “radio station in Liberal, Kansas” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65122520. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1978 and 2008.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KSMM-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KSMM-FM primary sources, KSMM-FM archive and KSMM-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “KSMM-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.