KMCR 103.9 FM is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

licensed to

Montgomery City, Missouri Montgomery City is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,811 at the 2020 census. History Montgomery was platted in 1853, taking its name from Montgomery County. A post office called Mo ...

. The station broadcasts an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format and is owned by Chirillo Electronics, Inc.

History

The station began broadcasting August 15, 1977, and originally held the call sign KVCM.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1980
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Broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...

, 1980. p. C-133. Retrieved June 7, 2021.History Cards for KMCR
fcc.gov. Retrieved June 7, 2021. It was originally owned by Montgomery County Broadcasting Company. In 1981, the station was sold to Montgomery Media, Inc. for 160,000. On May 28, 1986, its call sign was changed to KOMC and on December 12, 1986 it was changed to KMCR. The station aired a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

format in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1984. p. B-151. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989
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Broadcasting & Cable ''Broadcasting & Cable'' (''B&C'', or ''Broadcasting+Cable'') was a telecommunications industry monthly trade magazine and, later, news website published by Future US. Founded in 1931 as ''Broadcasting'', subsequent mergers, acquisitions and ...

, 1989. p. B-175. Retrieved June 7, 2021.Format Changes
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 10, No. 42. October 20, 1993. Retrieved June 7, 2021. In 1993, the station adopted an

format. In 1994, the station was sold to Chirillo Electronics for $40,000.Transactions
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Radio & Records ''Radio & Records'' (''R&R'') was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister ...

''. April 29, 1994. p. 8. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

References

External links

KMCR's website
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