KGVO (AM)
City | Missoula, Montana |
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Branding | News Talk KGVO |
Frequency | 1290 kHz |
First air date | March 17, 1931[1] |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 5,000 watts (unlimited) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 71751 |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°49′47″N 114°04′45″W / 46.82972°N 114.07917°W |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Missoula License, LLC) |
Sister stations | KBAZ, KENR, KGVO-FM, KLCY, KLYQ, KMPT, KYSS-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | newstalkkgvo.com |
KGVO (1290 AM, "News Talk KGVO") is a radio station licensed to serve Missoula, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a News radio format.[2]
The station was assigned the KGVO call letters by the Federal Radio Commission on March 17, 1931.[3]
On May 6, 1932, the FRC authorized KGVO to mover from 1420 kHz to 1200 kHz and to change to unlimited operation rather than its previous 10 a.m.-6 p.m. schedule. At that time, KGVO had 100 W power.[4]
KGVO has been the flagship station of Montana Grizzlies football and men's basketball for decades; it frequently brands itself as "Home of the Grizzlies."
Ownership
In October 2007, a deal was reached for KGVO to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.[5] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[6]
References
- ↑ A Chronology of AM Radio
- ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "Gets Full Time" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 15, 1932. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-06-19.
- ↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
External links
- Official Website
- Flash Stream, MP3 Stream
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KGVO
- Radio-Locator Information on KGVO
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KGVO