KCIM (1380 AM, "1380 KCIM") is a radio station based in

Carroll, Iowa Carroll is a city in, and the county seat of, Carroll County, Iowa, United States, along the Middle Raccoon River. The population was 10,321 in the 2020 census. History Carroll was laid out in 1867. It took its name from Carroll County, which ...

. The station plays

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

music, along with providing news, sports and farm information. KCIM is part of the Carroll Broadcasting Company, along with

KKRL KKRL (93.7 FM, "93.7 KKRL") is an FM radio station based in Carroll, Iowa. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format. KKRL is part of Carroll Broadcasting Company, along with KIKD, and KCIM. History KKRL-FM signed on in 1967 under the ow ...

, and

KIKD KIKD (106.7 FM, "Kick 106.7") is an FM radio station based in Carroll, Iowa. The station plays Country music. KIKD is part of Carroll Broadcasting, along with KKRL and KCIM. History KIKD-FM signed on the air on St. Patrick's Day, 1996, unde ...

. It was first licensed on November 2, 1950.

History

KCIM-AM signed on July 27, 1950 at 5:00 PM with 14 full-time employees under the ownership of Carroll Broadcasting, owners of KCIM, KKRL along with local cable channel CBTV. At the time, KCIM was the first radio station owned by Carroll Broadcasting. The station in 1951 became a member of the Liberty Broadcasting system and featured Liberty's baseball game of the day. In 1953, 1954 KCIM aired White Sox baseball games from WCFL. In 1951 and 1952 they aired Carroll Merchant baseball games. On April 6, 1954, KCIM was granted a pattern change to extend their coverage west of Denison, south of Audubon and east of Jefferson. KCIM-AM was a news station dedicated to news from around the Carroll County Area. KCIM-AM went through a few format changes: first it was a country station, then after the purchase of

it changed to an easy listening format, after a while it switched to classic hits/oldies.

Announcers and programming

KCIM's morning announcer and Program Director is John Ryan. Other current announcers (as of September 2022) include Nathan Konz as News Director, Sports Director/middays Jeff Blankman, Farm News Director Von Kettelsen. KCIM has also been the home for

Iowa State Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

sports, and Cubs Baseball.

References

External links

KCIM official websiteCarroll Broadcasting
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FCC History Cards for KCIM
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