KMRI

Infobox Radio station
name = KMRI


city = West Valley City, Utah
area = Salt Lake City
branding =
slogan = "Exitos 1550"
airdate =
frequency = 1550 kHz
format = Regional Mexican
power = 10,000 watts day
340 watts night
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 25405
coordinates = coord|40|43|16.00|N|112|2|29.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KRPN
KZQQ (1988-1992)
KRGQ (1986-1988)
owner = KMRI Radio, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.exitos1550.com exitos1550.com]
affiliations =

KMRI (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to West Valley City, Utah, USA, the station serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by KMRI Radio, LLC.

History

The station changed call signs to KRGQ on 1986-09-19, calls which it had previously held in the 1970s. On 1988-01-01, the station changed it's call sign to KZQQ. On 1992-07-31 to KRGQ. On 1997-03-10 to KRGO. On 1998-01-16 to the current KMRI. [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=25405&Callsign=KMRI |title=KMRI Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

In one of the most famous and creative forms of station identification, this station once held the call sign KRPN in the 1980s, and identified itself as WKRP N Salt Lake City. Because the KRP, N (as a homophone for "in"), and city of license were said in the proper order, it was a legal station ID despite the extra W.

References

External links

*AMQ|KMRI
*AML|KMRI
*AMARB|KMRI