KGIR
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| City | Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
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| Branding | ESPN 92.9FM & 1220/1470 |
| Frequency | 1220 kHz |
| First air date | March 24, 1996 |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 250 watts (day) 137 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 64622 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°18′03″N 89°29′27″W / 37.30083°N 89.49083°W |
| Callsign meaning | Cape GIRardeau |
| Former callsigns | KZIM (1985-1985) KGIR (1985-1992) KCGQ (1992-1996) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Max Media (MRR License LLC) |
| Sister stations | KMAL, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGKS, KZIM |
| Website | kgir.com |
KGIR (1220 AM, "ESPN 92.9FM 1220/1470") is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a Sports radio format in conjunction with KMAL and featuring programming from ESPN Radio.
The station was assigned the KGIR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 29, 1996.
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). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.
In the 1930s, the call letters KGIR belonged to a station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting on 1360 kHz with 500 W power.
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