KGIR (1220 AM, "ESPN 1220/1470") is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a

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format in conjunction with KMAL and featuring programming from

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. The station was assigned the KGIR call letters by the

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on March 29,

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. KGIR has an

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construction permit for a new

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; it will broadcast on the frequency of 93.5

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with the call letters K228FX.

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM,

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WXLT WXLT (103.5 FM, "ESPN Southern Illinois") is a radio station licensed to serve Christopher, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a sports format. History WXLT was first assigned ...

, KCGQ-FM,

KEZS-FM KEZS-FM (102.9 MHz, "K103") is a country music-formatted radio station broadcasting from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, reaching portions of southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, Western Kentucky, and the n ...

, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ,

KKLR-FM KKLR-FM (94.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "Clear 94") is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The station is owned by Max Media. It airs a country music format. KKLR serves Poplar Bluff, southeast Missouri and extre ...

, KLSC, KMAL,

KSIM KSIM (1400 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Sikeston, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a News radio, news/Talk radio, talk format. KSIM s ...

, KWOC, and

KZIM KZIM (960 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a news and talk format. KZIM features radio programming such as the syndicat ...

from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.

History

In the 1930s, the call letters KGIR belonged to a station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting on 1360 kHz with 500 watts of power.

References

External links

KGIR official website
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