Frequency 1220 kHz | First air date March 24, 1996 | |
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Branding ESPN 92.9FM & 1220/1470 Power 250 watts (day)137 watts (night) | ||
KGIR (1220 AM, "ESPN 92.9FM 1220/1470") is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. 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.
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The station was assigned the KGIR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 29, 1996.
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). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.
History
In the 1930s, the call letters KGIR belonged to a station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting on 1360 kHz with 500 W power.