Broadcast area Cedar Rapids, Iowa Frequency 1450 kHz Format Classic hits Branding Classic KMRY | ERP 250 watts (K226BO) City of license Cedar Rapids Area Cedar Rapids Slogan Greatest Hits of All Time | |
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Translator(s) 93.1 K226BO (Cedar Rapids) First air date AM signal – August 14, 1948 (as KWCR)
FM signal – July 1, 2011 Power 1,000 watts (unlimited) Facility ID 17697 (KMRY), 145166 (K226BO) Owner Sellers Broadcasting, Inc_ | ||
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KMRY (1450 AM, "Classic KMRY") is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by Sellers Broadcasting, Inc.
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- Kmry 1450 k226bo 93 1 kmry cedar rapids ia toth id at 7 00 p m 9 27 2014
- Kmry 1450 am or 93 1 fm by magisto
- Awards
- Programming
- HD radio
- FM Radio
- References
The station was assigned the KMRY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 21, 1988.
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Awards
In September 2002, the station (as KLWW, its 1960s incarnation) was inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In November 2002, station owner and long-time morning host Rick Sellers was honored with the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival Peter Teahen Award.
Programming
The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The bulk of its music programming, the "Greatest Hits of All Time," consists of Top 40 hits from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s.
The station employs four LIVE on-air personalities; morning show host (Eric Walker), mid-mornings host (Ricky Bartlett), news director (Cary J. Hahn) and afternoon drive host (Susan Gordon).
Each weekday during the 12:00 - 1:00 PM hour, the station airs a block of #1 hits from a single year, from the same era as its general music programming.
Music broadcasts at other hours, including the noon - 3pm weekdays, are automated.
In addition to its music programming, KMRY is the radio home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of minor league baseball's Midwest League. In 2006, the station reached a four-year deal with the team to air its games exclusively. Previously, game broadcasts had been split between KMRY and KCRG. In September 2012, the station completed its fifth season of Kernels baseball broadcasts.
Additionally, the station is the home for Xavier High School athletics, including football broadcasts featuring the voice of the Xavier Saints, Scot Hughes, and color commentary by the school's athletic director, Mike Winker.
The station carries CBS Radio news at the top of every hour.
On Saturdays, Elvis Only, an hour-long syndicated show hosted by Jay Gordon remembering the life and music of Elvis Presley is aired. (12PM/10PM) On Sunday mornings, the station airs Sunday Morning Church Services from First Lutheran Church In Cedar Rapids (8:30-9:00 AM) Followed be a block of Polka music. (9:05AM–12:00PM)
HD radio
In 2004, KMRY became the first AM radio station in Iowa to implement HD Radio broadcasting. On January 4, 2004, the first consumer sale of a commercial HD radio, a Kenwood model KTC-HR 100 converter, was made at Ultimate Electronics in Cedar Rapids as a publicity stunt before the national debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later that week. As of September 2012, the station was no longer broadcasting in HD.
FM Radio
On July 1, 2011 KMRY began simulcasting its AM programming on FM, broadcasting a 250 watt signal on 93.1 MHz from translator K226BO in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (originally located in Anamosa, Iowa).