KGVO (AM)

KGVO
City Missoula, Montana
Broadcast area Missoula, Montana
Branding 98.3 and 1240 KGVO
Frequency 1290 kHz
Translator(s) 98.3 K252BM (Seeley Lake)
98.3 K252FP (Missoula)
First air date March 17, 1931[1]
Format News/Talk (KLYQ simulcast)
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
Former frequencies 1420 kHz (1931-1932)
1200 kHz (1932-1936)
1260 kHz (1936-1941)
Owner Townsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Missoula License, LLC)
Sister stations KBAZ, KENR, KAMM-FM, KLCY, KLYQ, KMPT, KYSS-FM
Webcast
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KGVO (1290 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Missoula, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a News radio format, which is simulcast on KLYQ 1240 AM Hamilton.[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 move 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."

Until 2017, KGVO simulcast on KGVO-FM at 101.5 FM, which was used to fill in the gaps when the AM station adjusted its coverage at night. However, in 2017, KGVO-FM broke off to air an alternative rock format as KAMM-FM. KGVO then began simulcasting on a low-powered translator at 98.3 FM, and Hamilton's KLYQ began simulcasting KGVO.[5]

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.[6] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[7]

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. ↑ "KGVO-FM to Drop Talk Simulcast, Flip to Alternative". Radio Insight. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12.
  6. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2006-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.


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