KGVO (AM)

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KGVO

City of license	Missoula, Montana
Branding	News Talk KGVO
Frequency	1290 kHz
First air date	March 17, 1931^[1]
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	B
Facility ID	71751
Transmitter coordinates	46°49′47″N 114°04′45″W / 46.82972°N 114.07917°W / 46.82972; -114.07917
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Missoula License, LLC)
Sister stations	KBAZ, KENR, KGVO-FM, KLCY, KLYQ, KMPT, KYSS-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	newstalkkgvo.com

KGVO (1290 AM, "News Talk KGVO") is a radio station licensed to serve Missoula, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a News radio format.^[2]

The station was assigned the KGVO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 17, 1931.^[3]

Ownership

Previous AM-only branding

In October 2007, a deal was reached for KGVO to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.^[4] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[5]

References

↑ A Chronology of AM Radio
↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-06-19.
↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KGVO

Radio-Locator Information on KGVO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KGVO

v t e Radio stations in the Missoula Market

By FM frequency	89.1 89.9 91.1 93.3 94.9 96.3 97.9 98.7 100.1 101.5 102.5 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.7 107.5

By AM frequency	930 1290 1340 1450

By callsign	KBAZ KBGA KDTR KDXT KENR KGGL KGRZ KGVO KGVO-FM KHKM KKVU KMPT KMSO-FM KMZL KUFM KXDR KYJK KYLT KYSS-FM KZOQ-FM

Montana radio markets Billings Kalispell-Flathead Valley Other Montana radio regions Butte Glendive Great Falls Helena Missoula Sidney See also List of radio stations in Montana

v t e Townsquare Media (a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management)

(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)

Alabama	WBEI WDGM WFFN WTSK WTUG-FM

Arkansas	KMJI KOSY KYGL

Colorado	KARS-FM(+FM1)** KBKL KDBN KEKB KEXO KKPL KKNN KMAX-FM KMXY KTRR KUAD-FM

Connecticut	WINE WRKI

Idaho	KAWO KCIX KEZJ-FM KFXD KIDO KLIX KLIX-FM KSAS-FM KSNQ KXLT-FM

Illinois	WDBQ-FM WKGL-FM WROK WXLP WXXQ WZOK

Indiana	WDKS WGBF WGBF-FM WJLT WKDQ

Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB-FM KCRR KDAT KHAK KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KRNA KOEL KOEL-FM KRQN* KQCS KXGE WDBQ WJOD

Kentucky	WBKR WOMI

Louisiana	KEEL KFTE** KHLA KHXT KJEF KJEF-CA* KJMH KLCL KMDL KNGT KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRUF KTDY KTSR KVKI-FM KWKH KXKS-FM

Maine	WBLM WBPW WBZN WCYY WDEA WEBB WEZQ WJBQ WJZN WMME-FM WOZI WQCB WQHR WTVL WWMJ

Massachusetts	WBSM WFHN

Michigan	WBCK-FM WBXX WCRZ WFGR WFMK WFNT WGRD-FM WITL-FM WJIM WJIM-FM WKFR-FM WKMI WLCO WLHT-FM WMMQ WNWZ WQUS WRCL WRKR WTRV WVFN WWBN

Minnesota	KBMX KDCZ KDHL KDZZ KFIL KFIL-FM KKCB KLDJ KLZZ KMXK KOLM KQCL KRFO KRFO-FM KROC KROC-FM KVGO KWWK KXSS KYBA KZRV WEBC WJON WWJO

Montana	KBAZ KBUL KCTR-FM KCHH(+K236AB) KENR(+FM1) KGVO KGVO-FM KISN KKBR KLYQ KMHK KMMS KMMS-FM KMPT KPRK KSEN KXLB(+K254AL) KYSS-FM(+K252BM) KZIN-FM KZMY

New Hampshire	WHOM WOKQ WPKQ WSAK WSHK

New Jersey	WADB WCHR-FM WENJ WFPG WJLK WKXW WOBM WOBM-FM WPGG WPUR WSJO

New York	WAAL WALL WBLK WBUF WCZX WDBY WEOK WFRG-FM WGNA-FM WHWK WIBX WJYE WKNY WKXP WLZW WNBF WODZ-FM WPDA WPDH WPUT WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH WRRB WRRV WTMM-FM WWYL WYOS WYRK WZAD

North Dakota	KACL KBYZ KKCT KLXX KUSB

Oklahoma	KLAW KVRW KZCD

South Dakota	KDEZ KIKN-FM KKLS-FM KMXC KSOO KSOO-FM KXRB KYBB

Texas	KAFX-FM KATP KBAT KBCY KBZS KEAN-FM KEYJ-FM KFMX-FM KFYO KGEE KHXS KISX KIXS KIXZ KKCL KKAM KKTX-FM KKYR-FM KLAQ KLTD KLUB KMND KMWX KMXJ-FM KNFM KNIN-FM KNUE KODM KOOC KPRF KPWW KQBR KQVT KRIL KROD KSFA KSII KSLI KSSM KTBQ KTEM KTLT KTUX KTYL-FM KULL KUSJ KVLL-FM KWFS KWFS-FM KXSS-FM KYKS KYYW KZBT KZII-FM

Washington	KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KIT-FM KOLW KORD-FM KUTI KXRX

Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY

Websites	Loudwire Noisecreep PopCrush

Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network

* indicates Class A television service; all other stations are radio License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending. *License held by a third party. Website townsquaremedia.com

v t e News/Talk Radio Stations in the state of Montana

Stations:	KBLL - Helena KBOZ - Bozeman KBUL - Billings KCAP - Helena KCHH - Worden KGEZ - Kalispell KGVO - Missoula KGVO-FM - Frenchtown KINX - Fairfield KJJR - Whitefish KLYQ - Hamilton KQDI - Great Falls

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Montana

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