KGIM-FM (103.7 FM, "Pheasant Country 103") is a

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( licensed to serve Redfield). The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a

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format. The station was assigned the KGIM-FM call letters by the

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on May 1,

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. Notable weekday programming includes Brent Nathaniel (6am – 10am), Ben Root (10am – 2pm), Bri Matthews (2pm – 7pm), syndicated The Big Time With Whitney Allen (7pm – midnight) and After Midnight With Blair Garner (midnight – 6am). Featured weekend programs include

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, Power Source Country and Country Music Greats Radio Show. KGIM-FM is the radio home of the Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers.

Ownership

In mid-1996, KGIM-AM was acquired by Pheasant Country Broadcasting, owned by Robert E. Ingstad and plans were made to launch a 100,000 watt FM counterpart. KGIM-FM 103.7 was launched June 12, 1997 with a country music format and branded Pheasant Country 103. For a time in the late 1990s early 2000s, KGIM-FM simulcasted with KBWS 102.9 FM in Sisseton, South Dakota (excluding 6am – 10am) creating a Pheasant Country 103 brand that could be heard across northeast South Dakota, southeast North Dakota & west central Minnesota. This simulcast was ended in the fall of 2004 due to a reorganization by the Ingstad family. In the fall of 2004, as part of a reorganization by the Ingstad family, Aberdeen Radio Ranch Inc. (Robert J. Ingstad, co-president) agreed to acquire KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, and KQKD from Robert E. Ingstad (Pheasant Country Broadcasting). The transaction price was not disclosed. Late 2004, Aberdeen Radio Ranch’s Rob & Todd Ingstad of Valley City, ND signed an agreement to acquire five Clear Channel-Aberdeen, SD stations: KKAA-AM, KSDN-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KQAA-FM. In separate transactions, Aberdeen Radio Ranch agreed to convey the assets of three of its stations to other companies, leaving the Ingstads with six area stations KGIM-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KSDN-AM/FM & KNBZ-FM. Sacramento-based Education Media Foundation picked up KQAA-FM. Oakland-based Family Stations acquired KKAA-AM and KQKD-AM. The studios were relocated from the Berkshire Plaza to a newly remodeled south highway 281 building that houses the KSDN-AM/FM transmitters. KGIM-FM retained its country format. In May 2006, Armada Media Corporation reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, KSDN, and

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from Aberdeen Radio Ranch for a reported $9.25 million. On November 1, 2013, Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, KSDN, and

from Armada Media for $5.3 million.

References

External links

KGIM-FM official website
{{Country Radio Stations in South Dakota GIM-FM Country radio stations in the United States Spink County, South Dakota Radio stations established in 1997