KCGQ-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = KCGQ-FM


city = Gordonville, Missouri
area =
branding = "Real Rock 99.3"
slogan =
airdate = 1978
frequency = 99.3 MHz
format = Active Rock
power =
erp = 2,000 watts
haat = 109.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 64621
coordinates = coord|37|21|34.00|N| 89|37|16.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KTXI (1989-1992) KCGQ (1992-1992)
owner = River Radio
licensee = MRR License LLC
sister_stations = KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KZIM
webcast =
website = [http://www.realrock993.com realrock993.com]
affiliations = ABC Radio , Premiere Radio Networks

KCGQ-FM (99.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Active Rock format. Licensed to Gordonville, Missouri, USA. The station is currently owned by River Radio and licensed to MRR License LLC and features programing from ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KCGQ-FM |title=KCGQ-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

History

The station was started in 1978 by Rainbow Broadcasting, owners of KJAS 1170 located in Jackson, Missouri. The original call letters were KJAQ-FM, "Q99". The station was sold to Al Sikes in the early 1980's. Target Media, owned by Tom Stine and Mark Rollings, purchased the stations in 1986 and moved the station from a 3-bedroom house in Gordonville to new studios in Cape Girardeau. Target Media sold KJAS-AM 1170 in 1988. Target Media then sold Q99 to Zimmer Broadcasting in 1997. Zimmer sold the station along with all the properties they owned in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, and Marion-Carbondale, Illinois, to Max Media, LLC.

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WJPF, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KLSC, KMAL, KSIM, KWOC, and KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). [cite news |work=Southern Illinoisan |title=Zimmer sells 17 radio stations |date=2003-12-19 |first=John D. |last=Homan |quote=The Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned media company, announced Wednesday it will sell 17 of its 32 stations [...] to Mississippi River Radio.] The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 1/12/2004 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA373841.html |date=2004-01-12]

References

External links

*FMQ|KCGQ
*FML|KCGQ
*FMARB|KCGQ