KGVO (AM)

KGVO
City Missoula, Montana
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 / 46.82972; -114.07917
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

Previous AM-only branding

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

  1. A Chronology of AM Radio
  2. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Gets Full Time" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 15, 1932. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-06-19.
  6. "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

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