KNGN
| Frequency | 1360 kHz |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | My Bridge |
| History | |
First air date | June 23, 1961 |
Former call signs | KWRV (1961–1966) KICX (1966–1990) |
Call sign meaning | Kansas Nebraska Good News |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65925 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°11′45″N 100°41′57″W / 40.19583°N 100.69917°W |
| Translator(s) | K252FV (98.3 MHz, McCook) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | http://www.kngn.org/ |
KNGN (1360 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious music format.[2] It is licensed to McCook, Nebraska and owned by My Bridge.[3]
History
Secular programming
KWRV signed on the air on June 23, 1961.[4] It was owned by the Regional Broadcasting Corporation and maintained studios on Norris Street in McCook.[5] KWRV was knocked off the air for two hours one day in May 1962 when a snake pursued a mouse into its transmitter.[6]
KWRV was sold in 1966 to Semeco Broadcasting Corporation—named for principals Walter E. Sehnert, Vernon A. Meints, and KWRV general sales manager W. O. Corrick—for $91,000.[7] The new owners changed the station's call letters to KICX effective May 19, 1966.[5] The station maintained a middle-of-the-road music format and affiliations with the ABC Information and Intermountain networks.[4] KICX's programming began to be simulcast on KICX-FM 95.9 when that station signed on January 31, 1979.[8]
Change to religion
Semeco, now owned by Corrick's estate, sold KICX-AM-FM to Ron Crowe and Associates for $200,000 in 1989.[9] In order to buy another McCook station, KSWN, Crowe had to spin off a station, and he chose to donate KICX AM to the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.[10] The station relaunched as KNGN, for "Kansas Nebraska Good News", on April 8, 1990.[11] Locally, the station was operated by Peace Lutheran Church and relied heavily on programming from the synod's KFUO in St. Louis.[12]
However, as time went on, the synod could no longer afford to continue running the station. As a result, in 2001, the station's license was transferred to the locally based Kansas Nebraska Good News Broadcasting Corporation.[13] The station also relocated from its original studios at Peace Lutheran to a larger facility at a former country school in McCook.[13]
In 2018, the station added an FM translator, K252FV on 98.3 MHz. The new translator enabled the station to go 24-hours for the first time in its history.[13]
On August 2, 2022, the station's owners filed to transfer the broadcast license to MyBridge Radio.[14] The sale, which included translator K252FV, was consummated on May 22, 2023 at a price of $40,000.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNGN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ "KNGN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "KICX" (PDF). 1976 Broadcasting Yearbook. p. C-121. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "History Cards for KNGN". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ^ "Snake Halts Radio Station". Lincoln Journal-Star. UPI. May 8, 1962. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Ownership changes" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 4, 1966. p. 129. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "KICX" (PDF). 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1981. p. C-144. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 24, 1989. p. 10. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. June 23, 1989. p. 10. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "'Good News' radio set to go on air in McCook". Lincoln Star. Associated Press. April 2, 1990. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Church approves plan to run radio station". Lincoln Star. Associated Press. June 14, 1989. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c Discoe, Connie Jo (January 12, 2018). "Religious station adding FM, boosting power, going 24 hours". McCook Gazette. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "FCC License and Management system". Assignment of Authorization. August 2, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 65925 (KNGN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KNGN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 201351 (K252FV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System