KRES (104.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

classic country music A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a ''c ...

format. Licensed to

Moberly, Missouri Moberly is a city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,783 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia metropolitan area and the 9-county Columbia–Jefferson City–Moberly combined statistical area that h ...

, United States, the station serves the

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, area. The station is currently owned by

Alpha Media Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name. It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadc ...

, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from

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and

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. The station began

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on 1550 AM in

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, in 1947, playing hits from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The station changed its

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to KKJO in 1962 and began playing hits from the 1950s and 1960s. Today KRES broadcasts on 104.7 FM with a

with

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and agricultural news format. KRES is the Moberly affiliate for

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baseball. Until May 7, 2024, the on-air programmers who could be heard on KRES included Brad Boyer, Bill Peterson, J.B. Connoley, Dan Patterson, Adam Hildebrandt, and Kyle Hill. On that day, the entire on-air staff were dismissed by Alpha Media management. In the late 1980s, on air staff included Jack Larkin, Jim Coyle, Bob Bagby, Ron Block, Larry Weller, Doug Owens and Rich Cain. In the early 1990s, KWIX-KRES radio's on-air staff included St. Louis-area transplants such as Bryan Polcyn, Doug Stewart, Mike Roberts and Paul Lewandowski. Currently KRES utilizes the MAINSTREAM COUNTRY GOLD 24/7 format from

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Ownership

On March 1, 2007, it was announced that GoodRadio.TV LLC planned to buy The Shepherd Group of radio stations in Missouri. The Shepherd Group operates 16 small-market radio stations in Missouri. The deal was reportedly worth $30.6 million. Dean Goodman recently formed the new company, GoodRadio.TV. He is the former president and chief executive officer of the television broadcasting company ION Media Networks Inc. Goodman stepped down from ION Media Networks in October 2006. The Shepherd Group includes KJEL and KBNN in Lebanon; KJFF in Festus; KREI and

KTJJ KTJJ (98.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting from Farmington, Missouri. KTJJ has an extensive coverage area, heard from Jefferson City to south-eastern Illinois from west to east, and St. Louis to the Missouri-Arkansas border f ...

in Farmington; KRES-FM and

KWIX KWIX (1230 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts a Podcast news/talk format. Licensed to Moberly, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Moberly area. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC an ...

in Moberly;

KIRK Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning 'church'. The term ''the Kirk'' is often used informally to refer specifically to the Church of Scotland, the Scottish national church that developed from the 16th-century Reformation ...

in Macon; KIIK,

KOZQ-FM KOZQ-FM (102.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. The station signed in on May 2, 1968 as KJPW-FM. S ...

KJPW KJPW (1390 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Talk radio, news talk information format. Licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee L ...

and KFBD-FM in Waynesville;

KAAN-FM KAAN-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Bethany, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media. KAAN-FM first signed on the air on October 27, 1978. The ...

and KAAN in Bethany; and KMRN and

KKWK KKWK (100.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. Licensed to Cameron, Missouri, United States, the station serves the rural areas north of the Kansas City metropolitan area as well as serves as a rimshot int ...

in Cameron. In December 2013, GoodRadio.TV merged into Digity, LLC. Effective February 25, 2016, Digity and its 124 radio stations were acquired by

for $264 million. On March 7, 2024, Alpha Media laid off all the on air talent for all their Missouri stations without warning including KRES and its sister stations.

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