First air date 1943 Facility ID 71605 Website 1310kzrg.com City of license Joplin Branding NewsTalk 1310 KZRG Call sign meaning K-Zimmer Radio Group | Class B Callsign meaning "K-Zimmer Radio Group" Frequency 1310 kHz Owner Zimmer Radio Slogan Radio You Can Depend On! | |
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Power 5,000 Watts (Day)
1,000 Watts (Night) Format Talk radio, All-news radio | ||
KZRG (1310 AM) is a radio station broadcasting from Joplin, Missouri. KZRG can also be heard on 102.9 FM via translator K275BD and HD radio via sister station KIXQ.
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History
The station was previously KOCR and was a Contemporary Christian format owned by Ozark Christian College and was sold to Zimmer Radio in December 2005. Originally the station was launched in 1943 as KFSB (call letters standing for Four States Broadcasting) as a full service A/C and talk station. The current news/talk format was launched December 2005.
Programming
Notable weekday programming includes Coast To Coast AM, The KZRG Morning Newswatch, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jason Lewis. Other notable personalities on the station include Kim Komando, Handel On the Law and Route 66 music show celebrating the great mother road.
News
KZRG has a news operation that includes four full-time news talent. They provide 36 news updates per day Monday-Friday and local news on Saturdays. KZRG is the only news talk station in the 4-state area (southeast Kansas, southwest Missouri, northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma) and the only radio station with local news.
May 22, 2011 Tornado
KZRG was the station on the air with live storm coverage before, during and after the May 22nd Tornado that claimed 161 lives. The third most deadly tornado in American history. The station's of Zimmer Radio led by KZRG were on the air around the clock for 9 consecutive days with wall to wall storm recovery information.