KFMG-LP

KFMG-LP
City	Des Moines, Iowa
Broadcast area	Des Moines, Iowa
Frequency	98.9 MHz
First air date	February 26, 2007
Format	adult album alternative
ERP	95 watts
HAAT	27 meters (89 ft)
Class	L1
Facility ID	134908
Transmitter coordinates	41°35′04″N 93°37′46″W / 41.58444°N 93.62944°W / 41.58444; -93.62944Coordinates: 41°35′04″N 93°37′46″W / 41.58444°N 93.62944°W / 41.58444; -93.62944
Callsign meaning	reference to the former KFMG-FM
Former frequencies	99.1 MHz (2007-2015)
Owner	The Des Moines Community Radio Foundation
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kfmg99.1.org

KFMG-LP (98.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Des Moines, Iowa. The station is owned by the Des Moines Community Radio Foundation.^[1] The noncommercial low-power station currently airs a primarily wide-ranging adult album alternative format with a strong local community focus.

The KFMG call sign has been used on two other stations. From 1964 to 1975, the KFMG call sign was allocated to 94.9 FM, and the station at one time aired a free-form rock format programmed by Ron Sorenson. Sorenson later owned the 103.3 FM frequency, which had the KFMG call sign and a similar format from 1992 until 1996, when Sorenson sold it to Saga Communications and the format was flipped to active rock.^[2] Sorenson is general manager of KFMG-LP.

KFMG-LP signed on the air on February 26, 2007.^[3] The station went off the air on January 15, 2010, with the board of previous licensee Employee & Family Resources (Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation) citing financial reasons.^[4] In March, the group donated the station to the Des Moines Community Radio Foundation, which consists partly of station staffers. The group returned the station to the air on June 14.^[5]

References

↑ "KFMG-LP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ "desmoinesbroadcasting.com". Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ "Northpine.com archives February 2007". Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ "Northpine.com archives January 2010". Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ ""Munson: Low-power station's Ron Sorenson thrilled to be back on air" Des Moines Register, June 16, 2010". Retrieved 2011-11-03.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KFMG

Radio-Locator information on KFMG-LP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KFMG

Radio stations in the Des Moines–Ames, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 96.3 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	540 640 940 1040 1150 1260 1310 1350 1430 1460 1490 1590 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	K260AM KASI KAZR KBGG KCYZ KDFR KDLF KDLS KDLS-FM KDPS KDRA KDRB KDXA KFMG-LP KGGO KHKI KICG KICJ KICL KICP KIOA KJJY KJMC KKDM KMYR KNSL KNWI KNWM KPSZ KPUL KRNT KSTZ KTIA-FM KURE KWBG KWDM KWKY KWMT KWQW KXIA KXLQ KXNO WHO WOI WOI-FM WXL57

Defunct	KCBC-FM KGVC-LP (94.1 FM)

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Fort Dodge Kansas City Omaha–Council Bluffs Ottumwa Sioux City Waterloo–Cedar Falls See also List of radio stations in Iowa

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