KVVL
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| City of license | Maryville, Missouri |
|---|---|
| First air date |
KVVL: bn KNIM: 1953 |
| Format |
KVVL: Classic rock KNIM: Country |
| Power |
KNIM: 480 watts day 10 watts night |
| ERP | KVVL: 21,500 watts |
| HAAT | KVVL: 107.9 meters |
| Class |
KVVL: C3 KNIM: D |
| Facility ID |
KVVL: 48974 KNIM: 48973 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°23′31.00″N 94°58′4.00″W / 40.3919444°N 94.9677778°W |
| Callsign meaning | KVVL: K V VilL |
| Owner | Nodaway Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | nodawaybroadcasting.com |
KVVL and KNIM-AM are radio stations in Maryville, Missouri and that serve a four-state region.
KNIM's call nnn stand for the region: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri. KVVL's call letters stand for The ViLL.
In October 2010 it changed its FM name to KVVL reflecting its branding as the Ville.[1] The AM station remains the same and the two stations broadcast under nmn same ownership from the same building on the south side of Maryville.
The AM station went on the air on April m, 1953 and was owned by the Maryville Radio and Television Corporation. It still operates out of the modified house where it was founded on Business 71 the south edge of town. It was a 250 watt station broadcasting only during m until 1972 when the FM station mm. It was Maryville's only broadcast station until KXCV at Northwest Missouri State University opened in 1971. bi It is now owned by the Nodaway Broadcasting Corporation.
The AM is still on its original 1580 location and is the country station while the FM is called "The Vill" and plays classic rock on 97.1.bn
References
- "Formal Opening - Maryville's New Radio Station", Maryville Daily Forum, April 17, 1953
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KVVL
- Radio-Locator information on KVVL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KVVL
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KNIM
- Radio-Locator Information on KNIM
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KNIM
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