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KGYM is a radio station broadcasting at 1600 AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by KZIA, Inc., which also owns KZIA FM (102.9 FM) Image File history File links KCRG_radio_logo. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Nickname: City of Uncle Tonys Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: Country United States State Iowa County Linn County Incorporated 1849 Mayor Kay Halloran Area - City 166. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the bottom waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of sporting events. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... [[Amplitude modulation]] (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a carrier wave wirelessly. ... Nickname: City of Uncle Tonys Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: Country United States State Iowa County Linn County Incorporated 1849 Mayor Kay Halloran Area - City 166. ...

KGYM first signed on as KCRG in 1947 and is Cedar Rapids' second-oldest radio station, after WMT.^[1] They currently broadcast ESPN Radio programming, adopting the nickname "The Zone" in 2003. "The Zone" also carries Iowa State University sports, while it simulcasts KCRG-TV's morning and early evening newscasts and ABC World News Tonight for radio listeners. It also carried Cedar Rapids Kernels games before sharing rights with KMRY radio during the 2006 season; Kernels games will move exclusively to KMRY starting in 2007.^[2] Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... WMT is a news/talk radio station broadcasting at 600 AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. ... ESPN Radio is a national sports radio network in the United States launched on January 1, 1992. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fountain of Four Seasons by Christian Petersen with the Campanile in the background Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... Simulcast is a contraction of simultaneous broadcast, and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium at the same time. ... KCRG-TV is a television station based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ... ABC World News Tonight (often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship evening news program. ... The Cedar Rapids Kernels are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, that plays in the Midwest League. ...

Prior to being owned by KZIA, Inc., KCRG radio was owned and operated by Gazette Communications. On July 10, 2006, Gazette Communications announced that KCRG was being sold to owners of another local broadcaster, KZIA FM 102.9, subject to FCC approval. The sale was finalized on October 31, 2006, and the call letters were changed to KGYM as a result of the sale.^[3] The Gazette is a daily newspaper published in the American city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ...

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Radio stations in the Cedar Rapids market (Arbitron #213)

By frequency: (FM) | 88.3 | 89.1 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 92.3 | 94.1 | 96.5 | 98.1 | 99.7 | 100.1 | 100.7 | 101.9 | 102.9 | 104.5 | 105.7 | 106.1 | 107.1 | 107.9 Nickname: City of Uncle Tonys Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: Country United States State Iowa County Linn County Incorporated 1849 Mayor Kay Halloran Area - City 166. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the bottom waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... Outside KCCK FM studios, room 214 Linn Hall at Kirkwood Community College. ... Kuni (国) were archaic provinces in Japan, ruled by daimyos. ... KBEA-FM is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa, whose format is Top 40/adult contemporary. ... KFMW, known as Rock 108, is a radio station based in Waterloo, Iowa. ...

(AM) | 600 | 800 | 910 | 1040 | 1360 | 1380 | 1450 | 1540 | 1600 | 1630 WMT is a news/talk radio station broadcasting at 600 AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. ... WHO is a clear channel radio station broadcasting 50,000 watts on 1040 AM with a news/talk format. ... KCJJ is 1630 AM in Eastern Iowa. ...

See also: List of United States radio markets