Broadcast area | Missoula, Montana |
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Frequency | 93.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | Eagle 93.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Subchannels | HD2: Top 40 (CHR) "96.9 Zoo FM" HD3: Alternative Rock "Alt 95.7" |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
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KBAZ, KGRZ, KGVO, KMPT, KYSS-FM, KZOQ-FM | |
History | |
First air date | April 29, 1977 (1977-04-29) |
Former call signs | KDXT (1977–1996) |
Call sign meaning | "Eagle" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 63874 |
Class | C |
ERP | 43,000 watts |
HAAT | 777 meters |
Translator(s) | 96.9 K245AP (Missoula, relays HD2) 95.7 K239AP (Missoula, relays HD3) |
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Public license information |
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Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2 Listen Live (HD3) |
Website | eagle933.com 969zoofm.com (HD2) alternativemissoula.com (HD3) |
KGGL (93.3 FM, "Eagle 93.3") is a commercial radio stationinMissoula, Montana, airing a country music format. It is owned by Townsquare Media.
On October 15, 1975, Rex Jensen filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit to build a new radio station on 93.3 MHz in Missoula, with transmitter on Big Sky Mountain.[2] The permit was granted on May 25, 1976, with the commission dismissing complaints by several other Missoula broadcasters that the new facility would cause interference to their operations.[3] While the station was intended to launch that fall, equipment delivery and bad weather in the eastern United States prompted the project to be shelved for the winter; KDXT made its debut on April 29, 1977. Having been transferred to the Jensen Broadcasting Company[2] (owned by Rex and his brother Jack), the station started with an automated rock/adult contemporary hybrid format.[4]
The Jensens sold the station in February 1979 to a joint venture with Robert E. Ingstad of North Dakota, who became the sole owner in 1980[2] before KDXT and sister station KGRZ (1450 AM) were sold to Wind Point 1970 Holding Company, which was owned by the S.C. Johnson Company, in 1982.[5] The two stations were then sold to Sunbrook Communications in 1986; during this time, the station dominated the Missoula radio market.[6]
Sunbrook sold its radio properties—ten in Montana and a pair in Wenatchee, Washington—to Seattle-based Fisher Broadcasting in 1994, with Sunbrook becoming a division of Fisher after the sale was completed.[7] With the contemporary hit format long associated with KDXT in a national slump, Fisher opted to make a major change. It flipped KGGL to country, taking on established country outlet KYSS, in September 1995. This left Missoula without a station in the contemporary hit radio format.[6] The format change was a successful one: the fall 2005 Eastlan radio ratings for Missoula showed KGGL tied with public radio station KUFM and beating third-place KYSS.[8]
In a 24-station sale that was only partially completed, Fisher sold many of its small-market radio properties to Cherry Creek Radio in 2006 in order to fund an expansion into Spanish-language television in major Pacific Northwest markets. The 24 stations contributed just one-fourth of the radio division's revenue, with Fisher's three Seattle stations comprising the rest.[9]
Effective June 17, 2022, Cherry Creek Radio sold KGGL as part of a 42 station/21 translator package to Townsquare Media for $18.75 million.
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