KGVO (AM)

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
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 Radio Commission on March 17, 1931.[3]

On May 6, 1932, the FRC authorized KGVO to mover from 1420 kHz to 1200 kHz and to change to unlimited operation rather than its previous 10 a.m.-6 p.m. schedule. At that time, KGVO had 100 W power.[4]

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.[5] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[6]

References

  1. ↑ A Chronology of AM Radio
  2. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. ↑ "Gets Full Time". Broadcasting. May 15, 1932. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

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