KMRY (AM)

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KMRY
City of license Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Branding K-Memory
Slogan "Timeless Classics For Grown-Ups of All Ages"
Frequency 1450 kHz (Also on HD Radio)
First air date August 14, 1948 (as KWCR)[1]
Format Nostalgia
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 17697
Transmitter Coordinates 42°00′25″N, 91°42′29″W
Former callsigns KWCR, KPIG[1], KLWW, KCDR[2]
Affiliations Timeless (ABC Radio)
Owner Sellers Broadcasting, Inc.
Website http://www.kmryradio.com/

KMRY (1450 AM, "K-Memory") is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by Sellers Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a Nostalgia music format courtesy of ABC Radio.[3] On Sunday mornings, the station airs a block of Polka music.

The station was assigned the KMRY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 21, 1988.[2]

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[edit] Awards

In September 2002, the station (as KLWW, its 1960s incarnation) was inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.[1][4]

In November 2002, station owner and long-time morning host Rick Sellers was honored with the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival Peter Teahen Award.[5]

[edit] Programming

Along with its usual music programming, KMRY is the radio home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of minor league baseball's Midwest League.[6] In 2006, the station reached a four-year deal with the team to air its games exclusively.[7] Previously, game broadcasts had been split between KMRY and KCRG.

[edit] HD radio

In 2004, KMRY became the first AM radio station in Iowa to implement HD Radio broadcasting.[1][8] On January 4, 2004, the first consumer sale of a commercial HD radio, a Kenwood model KTC-HR 100 converter, was made at Ultimate Electronics in Cedar Rapids as a publicity stunt before the national debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later that week.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Station History. KMRY station website.
  2. ^ a b Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ Winter 2008 Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  4. ^ KLWW/KMRY 1450 AM. Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
  5. ^ Hogan, Dick. "Freedom Festival honors C.R. broadcaster", The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City), 2002-11-20. 
  6. ^ Radio Broadcast. Cedar Rapids Kernels website.
  7. ^ "C.R. Kernels games exclusively on KMRY-AM", The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA), 2006-11-15. 
  8. ^ Davidson, Paul. "Digital radio emerges into the future", USA Today, 2005-08-23. "KMRY-AM, an adult standards music station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, added digital two years ago, hoping the fuller, clearer sound attracts new listeners. "It's going to save (AM) stations like us," says KMRY owner Rick Sellers. "I'm not going to double my audience, but by God, I can be (the city's No. 4 station), up from No. 7."" 
  9. ^ Ford, George C.. "C.R. station pioneers digital radio", The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City), 2004-01-05. 

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