KDMO (1490 AM) is an American

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broadcasting a

adult standards Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations. Adult standards started in the 1950s and is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly tho ...

format; during the holidays the station plays

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. It is licensed to

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, and serves the greater

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, area. The station is owned by Carthage Broadcasting Company, Inc., and features programming from

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. Unusual among AM stations, KDMO has been broadcasting music continuously since 1947. For most of its 70-plus year history the station aired Easy Listening music, Country, or a mixture of both. The station's motto is, "Too cool for FM."

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