KGIR
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| City of license | Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
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| 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 |
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| 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]
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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
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- KGIR official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KGIR
- Radio-Locator Information on KGIR
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KGIR
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