The Zimmer Group, owners of four FM stations in Joplin, including KIX 102.5, the top-rated station, have moved across to the AM side. The company forked over $300,000 to buy KWAS 1230 AM from Larry Rice, according to Radio and Records.
The deal also includes Zimmer offering engineering help to Rice's organization, New Life Evangelistic Center, Inc., as it moves the studios for its other station, KKLL-AM in Webb City.
This will most likely mean a change in format, so those who have been listening to ESPN News and Chicago White Sox baseball probably better get ready to hear something different.
Maybe not, I'm told Zimmer is adding an AM sports talk station.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me. I don't listen to it all of the time, but I do like having an alternative.
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