- KAGM
Infobox radio station
city =Los Lunas, New Mexico
name = KAGM
format =Variety Country
owner =American General Media
sister_stations =KABG ,KHFM ,KLVO , KKIM,KZNM
branding = The Range
slogan = "Real Country"
erp = 98,100watt s
frequency = 106.3 (MHz)
area =Albuquerque, New Mexico
airdate =1995
class = C1
website= [http://www.1063therange.com www.1063therange.com]
callsign_meaning = American General Media (station owner)KAGM is a commercial
radio station located inLos Lunas, New Mexico , broadcasting to theAlbuquerque, New Mexico area on 106.3 FM. KAGM airs avariety country music format branded as "The Range" and features a broad base of country music from the 50's through the current country of today. The Range personalities include Bootstrap Jack, Nikki News, Alex Hall (traffic) and Nick Wiltchen (weather).History
KAGM signed on with its current format on
October 4 ,2006 , after a failed 18 month attempt at aNews/Talk format designed to challenge the markets top rated station 770KKOB (AM) ."The Range" branding was originally used in Albuquerque on KKRG-FM when Simmons media launched a classic country station on the 101.3 FM frequency in December 2001. After a little less than a year, Simmons had sold the station, along with four other FM stations, to Hispanic Broadcasting (now
Univision Radio ) and changed the format toRegional Mexican . The Range got another shot in April 2004 on the 105.1 frequency but in March 2006 Univision dropped The Range in favor of its "Recuerdo" Mexican Oldies format.Format history
*KZPY-FM
Hard rock "Z-Rock " (KZRQ, 105.1 simulcast) 1992-1995
*KDNR-FM Dance Hits "Rhythm Driven 106-3" 1995-1997
*KYLZ-FMRhythmic Top 40 "Wild 106" 1997-2005
*KAGM-FM News/Talk "106.3 Talk FM" 2005-2006External links
* [http://www.1063therange.com KAGM Official Website]
*fmq|KAGM
*fml|KAGM
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.