KGIR

KGIR
City of license Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Branding ESPN 92.9FM & 1220/1470
Frequency 1220 kHz
First air date March 24, 1996
Format Sports Talk
Power 250 watts (day)
137 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 64622
Transmitter coordinates 37°18′03″N 89°29′27″W / 37.30083°N 89.49083°W
Callsign meaning Cape GIRardeau
Former callsigns KZIM (1985-1985)
KGIR (1985-1992)
KCGQ (1992-1996)[1]
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Max Media
(MRR License LLC)
Sister stations KMAL, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGKS, KZIM
Website kgir.com

KGIR (1220 AM, "ESPN 92.9FM 1220/1470") is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a Sports radio format in conjunction with KMAL and featuring programming from ESPN Radio.[2]

The station was assigned the KGIR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 29, 1996.[1]

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WJPF, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KLSC, KMAL, KSIM, KWOC, and KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner).[3] The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.[4]

History

In the 1930s, the call letters KGIR belonged to a station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting on 1360 kHz with 500 W power.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Homan, John D. (2003-12-19). "Zimmer sells 17 radio stations". Southern Illinoisan. The Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned media company, announced Wednesday it will sell 17 of its 32 stations [...] to Mississippi River Radio.
  4. ↑ "Changing Hands - 1/12/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. 2004-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Full Time for KGIR". Broadcasting. March 1, 1932. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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