KZIM

KZIM (960 AM) 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 news and talk format.[1]

KZIM
CityCape Girardeau, Missouri
Broadcast areaCape Girardeau, Missouri
Frequency960 kHz
BrandingNews Radio 960
Slogan"Your Regional News Authority"
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerMax Media
(MRR License LLC)
KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS
History
First air date
August 31, 1985
Former call signs
KFVS (1925-1979)
KGIR (1979-1985)
Former frequencies
1340 kHz, 1210 kHz (shared time), 1370 kHz, 1400 kHz
Call sign meaning
ZIMmer (former owners)
Technical information
Facility ID74582
ClassB
Power5,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
37°18′59″N 89°29′06″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttp://www.960kzim.com/

History

KZIM was the region's first radio station. The Hirsch Battery and Radio Company, headed by Oscar Hirsch, put KFVS 1340 on air in 1925. In 1928, it moved to 1210 kHz and began sharing the frequency with another station, WEBQ in Harrisburg, Illinois, which also was moved from 1340. KFVS operated with 250 watts during the day and 100 watts at night, moving to full-time 250-watt operation in For special occasions, such as political events, Easter church ceremonies and football games, KFVS received permission to operate simultaneously with WEBQ.

In the late 1930s, KFVS sought to go full-time on 1210 if WEBQ was moved to 1310; this was denied. In 1940, KFVS finally broke out of the time share with WEBQ and moved to 1370 kHz. It was not there long before NARBA reallocation resulted in yet another frequency change, to 1400 kHz. In 1947, KFVS moved one last time to its present frequency of 960 kHz, accompanied by a power increase to 500 watts at night and 1,000 watts during the day. This move enabled the 1400 frequency to be reused for a new station in Sikeston, KSIM, the current simulcast partner of KZIM. Hirsch held a minority stake in KSIM until 1961, when he divested it as a condition of KFVS going to 5,000-watt operation on 960. KFVS also expanded to television when KFVS-TV went on the air in 1954.

The KFVS callsign was retired from radio on June 1, 1979, when the station became KGIR as a result of Hirsch selling the television station. Six years later, the Hirsch family sold the station after sixty years of ownership, with the Zimmer family acquiring it and renaming the station KZIM.

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, WOOZ-FM, WJPF, KGIR, KZIM, KEZS-FM, KCGQ-FM, KMAL, KLSC, KWOC, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KGKS, and KSIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner).[2] The reported value of this 17-station transaction was $43 million.[3]

References
  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  2. Homan, John D. (2003-12-19). "Zimmer sells 17 radio stations". Southern Illinoisan. The Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned media company, announced Wednesday it will sell 17 of its 32 stations [...] to Mississippi River Radio.
  3. "Changing Hands - 1/12/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. 2004-01-12.


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