KMMS (1450

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) is an AM

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licensed to serve

Bozeman, Montana Bozeman ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The 2020 United States census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it Montana's fourth-largest city. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, Montan ...

. The station is owned by

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, licensed to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs a

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format. All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located at 125 West Mendenhall Street, downtown Bozeman. The KMMS transmitter site is on East Griffin, north of Bozeman. The station was assigned the KMMS call letters by the

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on July 14,

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Ownership

In February 2008,

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-based GAPWEST Broadcasting completed the acquisition of 57 radio stations in 13 markets in the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region from

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. The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included six Bozeman stations, seven in

Missoula Missoula ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), ...

and five in Billings. Other stations in the deal are located in

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, and in Casper and

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, plus

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and

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, and

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. GapWest was folded into

on August 13, 2010.

References

External links

KMMS official website

FCC History Cards for KMMS
MMS News and talk radio stations in the United States Gallatin County, Montana Radio stations established in 1939 1939 establishments in Montana Townsquare Media radio stations {{Montana-radio-station-stub