Radio MOViN 92.5 (KQMV)

KQMV (92.5 FM), known as "Movin' 92.5," is a Rhythmic Contemporary radio station serving the Puget Sound area. The Sandusky Radio outlet operates at 92.5 MHz with an ERP of 56.8 kW and its community of license is Bellevue, Washington. Its transmitter is located in Issaquah, Washington.KQMV, which signed on the air in November 1964 as KFKF-FM (and later became KBES), has adopted several different formats: 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 become Adult Top 40 as Mix 92-5, but retained the KLSY calls.After Mix 92-5 was unsuccessful, Sandusky launched "MOViN 92.5" on May 1, 2006 at 12:00 PM, giving Seattle its first adult targeted Rhythmic station in 4 years since KBTB (now KJR-FM) in 2002 (this format also aired on KBKS from 1996-1997). 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)." Unlike KBKS' AC-leaning direction and KBTB's Rhythmic Oldies approach, KQMV features a mix of Rhythmic Pop/Dance currents and Old School hits in a Adult Top 40-like presentation, usually targets 25-44 females and positions itself between Rhythmic Top 40 KUBE, the aforementioned now-CHR KBKS, and non-commercial Dance Top 40 station KNHC (aka C-89.5 Worldwide). As of early 2010, KQMV has shifted towards a conventional Rhythmic Contemporary direction with emphasis on current Rhythmic Pop/R&B hits. As a result of this shift, KQMV was added to the Mediabase Rhythmic panel. The change was because of the continued fading of rhythmic adult contemporary stations and the Rhythmic contemporary format claimed more of a niche in the market. As of November 2010, Mediabase added KQMV to the contemporary hit radio panel, although still billed as a rhythmic due to most pop/rock acts being on sister adult contemporary station KRWM and sister hot AC station KWJZ.