KGIM-FM

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KGIM-FM
KGIM-FM logo.jpg
Broadcast area Aberdeen, South Dakota
Frequency 103.7 MHz
BrandingPheasant Country 103
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • Hub City Radio
  • (Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc.)
KBFO, KGIM, KNBZ, KSDN, KSDN-FM
History
First air date
May 1, 1997
Former call signs
KVCY, KQKD-FM [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 70081
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 169 meters (554 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 45°12′30″N98°40′20″W / 45.20833°N 98.67222°W / 45.20833; -98.67222
Links
Public license information
Website KGIM-FM Online

KGIM-FM (103.7 FM, "Pheasant Country 103") is a radio station in Aberdeen, South Dakota (licensed to serve Redfield). [3] The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a country music format. [4]

Contents

The station was assigned the KGIM-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 1, 1997. [1]

Notable weekday programming includes Brent Nathaniel (6 am – 10 am), Ben Root (10 am – 2 pm), Bri Matthews (2 pm – 7 pm), syndicated The Big Time With Whitney Allen (7 pm – midnight) and After Midnight With Blair Garner (midnight – 6 am). Featured weekend programs include American Country Countdown, Power Source Country and Country Music Greats Radio Show.

KGIM-FM is the radio home of the Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers.

Ownership

In mid-1996, KGIM-AM was acquired by Pheasant Country Broadcasting, owned by Robert E. Ingstad and plans were made to launch a 100,000 watt FM counterpart. KGIM-FM 103.7 was launched June 12, 1997 with a country music format and branded Pheasant Country 103. [5] For a time in the late 1990s early 2000s, KGIM-FM simulcasted with KBWS 102.9 FM in Sisseton, South Dakota (excluding 6 am – 10 am) creating a Pheasant Country 103 brand that could be heard across northeast South Dakota, southeast North Dakota & west central Minnesota. This simulcast was ended in the fall of 2004 due to a reorganization by the Ingstad family.

In the fall of 2004, as part of a reorganization by the Ingstad family, Aberdeen Radio Ranch Inc. (Robert J. Ingstad, co-president) agreed to acquire KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, and KQKD from Robert E. Ingstad (Pheasant Country Broadcasting). The transaction price was not disclosed.

Late 2004, Aberdeen Radio Ranch’s Rob & Todd Ingstad of Valley City, ND signed an agreement to acquire five Clear Channel-Aberdeen, SD stations: KKAA-AM, KSDN-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KQAA-FM. In separate transactions, Aberdeen Radio Ranch agreed to convey the assets of three of its stations to other companies, leaving the Ingstads with six area stations KGIM-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KSDN-AM/FM & KNBZ-FM. Sacramento-based Education Media Foundation picked up KQAA-FM. Oakland-based Family Stations acquired KKAA-AM and KQKD-AM. The studios were relocated from the Berkshire Plaza to a newly remodeled south highway 281 building that houses the KSDN-AM/FM transmitters. KGIM-FM retained its country format.

In May 2006, Armada Media Corporation reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, KSDN, and KSDN-FM from Aberdeen Radio Ranch for a reported $9.25 million. [6]

On November 1, 2013, Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM, KNBZ, KSDN, and KSDN-FM from Armada Media for $5.3 million. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KGIM-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Bahr, Jeff (2006-01-26). "Changes coming to Aberdeen radio dial: More local shows, ESPN added; less political gabbers". Aberdeen American News. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Changes Ahead for Aberdeen, S.D., Radio Stations". Aberdeen American News. 1997-06-12. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  6. ↑ Bahr, Jeff (2006-05-13). "$9.25 million paid for six Aberdeen radio stations". Aberdeen American News. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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