KDMO (1490 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a adult standards format; during the holidays the station plays Christmas music. It is licensed to Carthage, Missouri, and serves the greater Joplin, Missouri, area. The station is owned by Carthage Broadcasting Company, Inc., and features programming from CNN Radio.[2]
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| Broadcast area | Joplin, Missouri |
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| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult standards |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Carthage Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| KMXL | |
| History | |
First air date | June 3, 1947 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9216 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°10′58.00″N 94°21′43.00″W / 37.1827778°N 94.3619444°W |
| Translator(s) | 93.5 K228FS (Carthage) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
Unusual among AM stations, KDMO has been broadcasting music continuously since 1947. For most of its 70-plus year history the station aired Easy Listening music, Country, or a mixture of both.[3] The station's motto is, "Too cool for FM."
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDMO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KDMO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Joplin Radio History - 1490". kcradio.tripod.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 9216 (KDMO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KDMO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 9216 (KDMO) in the REC Networks database
- Facility details for Facility ID 201277 (K228FS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K228FS at FCCdata.org
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