KXGM-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = KXGM-FM


city = Hiawatha, Iowa
area = Cedar Rapids, Iowa
branding = "89.1 The Spirit"
slogan = "Positive Hit Radio"
airdate = July 2002
frequency = 89.1 MHz
format = Christian Contemporary
erp = 5800 watts
haat = 122 meters (400 feet)
class = C3
facility_id = 85165
coordinates = coord|42|03|13|N|91|44|35|W
callsign_meaning = EXtreme Grace Media
former_callsigns = KWOF-FM (2002-2008)
KXGM-FM (2008-present)
owner = Extreme Grace Media, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations = KXGM
webcast = [http://www.stratosfour.com/891TheSpirit/index.html Listen Live]
website = http://www.891thespirit.com
affiliations =

KXGM-FM (89.1 FM, "89.1 The Spirit") is a radio station licensed to serve Hiawatha, Iowa, USA. The station is owned by Extreme Grace Media, Inc. It airs a Christian Contemporary music format.cite news |work=Cedar Rapid Gazette |title=Radio station in Hiawatha, Iowa, moves closer to core audience |date=2006-08-16 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17311061_ITM |quote=What started as KWOF, a AM radio station in Waterloo in 1997, is now also an FM broadcasting station in Hiawatha. The Spirit added the FM station in July 2002, but moved to the Corridor earlier this year to be closer to its biggest audience.] cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]

The station was assigned the KWOF-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 17, 2002cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=85165 |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database] and changed its call letters to KXGM-FM on August 8, 2008 to reflect the new ownership.

Ownership

On March 21, 2002, more than five years after first applying for the frequency in January 1997, Friendship Communications Inc. was awarded a construction permit for 89.1 FM over fellow applicants American Family Association and the University of Northern Iowa. [cite news |work=Waterloo Courier |title=Waterloo, Iowa, Radio Station to Extend Into Hiawatha, Cedar Rapids |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6004281_ITM |date=2002-04-02 |first=Emily |last=Graham |quote=Friendship Communications Inc, the nonprofit owner of KWOF 850 AM Today's Christian Hits, was recently awarded a construction permit to place 89.1 FM on the air in Hiawatha. The FM frequency had been sought by Friendship Communications, The American Family Association of Tupelo, Miss., and KUNI at the University of Northern Iowa for the last six years.] The station began broadcasting as a simulcast of KWOF in July 2002. KWOF-FM applied on July 11, 2002 for a license to cover and a waiver of the "main studio" rule that requires that a broadcaster maintain its main broadcast studio in its city of license. [cite web |title=FCC 302-FM Application for FM Broadcast Station License (BLED - 20020711AAC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100606885&formid=1&fac_num=85165 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission] This waiver request was denied and thus the license to cover request was also dismissed. [cite web |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |title=Application Search Details (20020711ADA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=607833] On May 17 2004, Friendship Communications again applied for a license to cover and this was granted on July 7 2004. [cite web |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |title=FCC 302-FM Application for FM Broadcast Station License (BLED - 20040517ACR) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100697492&formid=1&fac_num=85165]

In March 2004, Extreme Grace Media (Chris Behmlander, president) reached an agreement to purchase KWOF (AM) and KWOF-FM from Friendship Communications (Michael Facciani, president) for a reported sale price of $160,000. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6544054.html?q=KWOF |date=2008-03-24] The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 23, 2008 and the deal was consummated on July 18, 2008. [cite web |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1228516 |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20080310ADE)]

References

External links

* [http://www.891thespirit.com/ KXGM-FM official website]
*FMQ|KXGM
*FML|KXGM
*FMARB|KXGM