KMRY

Infobox Radio station
name = KMRY


city = Cedar Rapids, Iowa
area =
branding = "K-Memory"
slogan = "Timeless Classics For Grown-Ups of All Ages"
airdate = August 14, 1948 (as KWCR)cite web |title=Station History |url=http://www.kmryradio.com/history.html/station_history.htm |work=KMRY station website]
frequency = 1450 kHz HD Radio
format = MOR/Oldies
power = 1,000 watts (unlimited)
class = C
facility_id = 17697
coordinates = coord|42|00|25|N|91|42|29|W
callsign_meaning = K-MemoRY (branding)
former_callsigns = KWCR, KPIG, KLWW, KCDR
owner = Sellers Broadcasting, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.kmryradio.com/ kmryradio.com]
affiliations = Timeless (ABC Radio)

KMRY (1450 AM, "K-Memory") is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by Sellers Broadcasting, Inc. It airs an MOR/Oldies music format courtesy of ABC Radio. cite web |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=am&callLetter=KMRY] On Sunday mornings, the station airs a block of Polka music.

The station was assigned the KMRY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 21, 1988.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=17697&Callsign=KMRY |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

Awards

In September 2002, the station (as KLWW, its 1960s incarnation) was inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.cite web |work=Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |title=KLWW/KMRY 1450 AM |url=http://www.iowarocknroll.com/inductee-details.php?id=97]

In November 2002, station owner and long-time morning host Rick Sellers was honored with the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival Peter Teahen Award.cite news |work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) |title=Freedom Festival honors C.R. broadcaster |date=2002-11-20 |first=Dick |last=Hogan]

Programming

Along with its usual music programming, KMRY is the radio home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of minor league baseball's Midwest League.cite web |work=Cedar Rapids Kernels website |title=Radio Broadcast |url=http://www.kernels.com/radio.html] In 2006, the station reached a four-year deal with the team to air its games exclusively.cite news |work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) |title=C.R. Kernels games exclusively on KMRY-AM |date=2006-11-15] Previously, game broadcasts had been split between KMRY and KCRG.

HD radio

In 2004, KMRY became the first AM radio station in Iowa to implement HD Radio broadcasting.cite news |work=USA Today |title=Digital radio emerges into the future |url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-08-23-digital-radio_x.htm |date=2005-08-23 |first=Paul |last=Davidson |quote=KMRY-AM, an adult standards music station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, added digital two years ago, hoping the fuller, clearer sound attracts new listeners. "It's going to save (AM) stations like us," says KMRY owner Rick Sellers. "I'm not going to double my audience, but by God, I can be (the city's No. 4 station), up from No. 7."] On January 4, 2004, the first consumer sale of a commercial HD radio, a Kenwood model KTC-HR 100 converter, was made at Ultimate Electronics in Cedar Rapids as a publicity stunt before the national debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later that week.cite news |work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) |title=C.R. station pioneers digital radio |date=2004-01-05 |first=George C. |last=Ford]

References

External links

* [http://www.kmryradio.com/ KMRY official website]
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