KGIM-FM (103.7 FM, "Pheasant Country 103") is a

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to serve Redfield). The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format. The station was assigned the KGIM-FM call letters by the

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on May 1,

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. Notable weekday programming includes Brent Nathaniel (6am – 10am), Ben Root (10am – 2pm), Bri Matthews (2pm – 7pm), syndicated The Big Time With Whitney Allen (7pm – midnight) and After Midnight With Blair Garner (midnight – 6am). Featured weekend programs include

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, Power Source Country and

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. KGIM-FM is the radio home of the Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers.

Ownership

In mid-1996, KGIM-AM was acquired by Pheasant Country Broadcasting, owned by Robert E. Ingstad and plans were made to launch a 100,000 watt FM counterpart. KGIM-FM 103.7 was launched June 12, 1997 with a country music format and branded Pheasant Country 103. For a time in the late 1990s early 2000s, KGIM-FM simulcasted with KBWS 102.9 FM in Sisseton, South Dakota (excluding 6am – 10am) creating a Pheasant Country 103 brand that could be heard across northeast South Dakota, southeast North Dakota & west central Minnesota. This simulcast was ended in the fall of 2004 due to a reorganization by the Ingstad family. In the fall of 2004, as part of a reorganization by the Ingstad family, Aberdeen Radio Ranch Inc. (Robert J. Ingstad, co-president) agreed to acquire KGIM, KGIM-FM,

KNBZ KNBZ (97.7 FM, "Sunny 97.7") is a radio station in Aberdeen, South Dakota (licensed to serve Redfield). The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. It airs an adult contemporary music format. The station was assigned the KNBZ call ...

, and

KQKD KQKD (1380 AM) is a radio station in Redfield, South Dakota (licensed to serve Redfield). The station is licensed to Gray Ghost Broadcasting. It airs a full service format. The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communicat ...

from Robert E. Ingstad (Pheasant Country Broadcasting). The transaction price was not disclosed. Late 2004, Aberdeen Radio Ranch’s Rob & Todd Ingstad of Valley City, ND signed an agreement to acquire five Clear Channel-Aberdeen, SD stations: KKAA-AM, KSDN-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KQAA-FM. In separate transactions, Aberdeen Radio Ranch agreed to convey the assets of three of its stations to other companies, leaving the Ingstads with six area stations KGIM-AM/FM, KBFO-FM, KSDN-AM/FM & KNBZ-FM. Sacramento-based Education Media Foundation picked up KQAA-FM. Oakland-based Family Stations acquired KKAA-AM and KQKD-AM. The studios were relocated from the Berkshire Plaza to a newly remodeled south highway 281 building that houses the KSDN-AM/FM transmitters. KGIM-FM retained its country format. In May 2006, Armada Media Corporation reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM,

, KSDN, and

KSDN-FM KSDN-FM (94.1 MHz, "The Rock 94.1 FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Aberdeen, South Dakota. The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a mainstream rock music format. The station was assigned the KSDN-FM call lette ...

from Aberdeen Radio Ranch for a reported $9.25 million. On November 1, 2013, Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to acquire KBFO, KGIM, KGIM-FM,

, KSDN, and

from Armada Media for $5.3 million.

References

External links

KGIM-FM official website
{{Country Radio Stations in South Dakota GIM-FM Country radio stations in the United States Spink County, South Dakota Radio stations established in 1997