KMMS (AM)

KMMS (1450 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, licensed to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs a news/talk format.^[3]

KMMS

Bozeman, Montana United States
Broadcast area	Bozeman, Montana
Frequency	1450 kHz
Branding	AM 1450 KMMS
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Genesis Communications Network Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	KISN, KMMS-FM, KPRK, KXLB, KZMY
History
First air date	1939 (1939)
Former call signs	KXXL, KUUB[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24170
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	45°41′54″N 111°01′41″W
Translator(s)	95.1 K236CY (Bozeman)
Repeater(s)	1340 KPRK (Livingston)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kmmsam.com

All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located at 125 West Mendenhall Street, downtown Bozeman. The KMMS transmitter site is on East Griffin, north of Bozeman.

The station was assigned the KMMS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 14, 1991.^[1]

Ownership

In February 2008, Colorado-based GAPWEST Broadcasting completed the acquisition of 57 radio stations in 13 markets in the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region from Clear Channel Communications.^[4] The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included six Bozeman stations, seven in Missoula and five in Billings. Other stations in the deal are located in Shelby, Montana, and in Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming, plus Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho, and Yakima, Washington. GapWest was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[5]

References

1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
2. "Facility Technical Data for KMMS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
4. Richardson, Dave (February 15, 2008). "GAPWEST closes deal for Bozeman radio stations; Goodbye Clear Channel, Hello GAPWEST". Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
5. "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

External links

• Radio portal

• KMMS official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 24170 (KMMS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KMMS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• FCC History Cards for KMMS