KGIR

KGIR (1220 AM, "ESPN 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 format in conjunction with KMAL and featuring programming from ESPN Radio.^[3]

KGIR

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Frequency	1220 kHz
Branding	ESPN 1220/1470
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Max Media (MRR License LLC)
Sister stations	KMAL, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGKS, KLSC, KZIM
History
First air date	June 10, 1966 (as KZYM)
Former call signs	KZYM (1966–1985) KZIM (1985–1985) KGIR (1985–1992) KCGQ (1992–1996)[1]
Call sign meaning	Cape GIRardeau
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64622
Class	D
Power	250 watts (day) 137 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	37°18′03″N 89°29′27″W
Translator(s)	93.5 K228FX (Cape Girardeau)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	semoespn.com

The station was assigned the KGIR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 29, 1996.^[1]

KGIR has an FCC construction permit for a new FM translator in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; it will broadcast on the frequency of 93.5 MHz with the call letters K228FX.

Ownership

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).^[4] The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.^[5]

History

In the 1930s, the call letters KGIR belonged to a station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting on 1360 kHz with 500 watts of power.^[6]