KSIM (1400 AM) is a

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to serve

Sikeston, Missouri Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the state of Missouri, United States. It is situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way o ...

, United States. The station is owned by

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and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a

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format. KSIM shares significant programming with sister station

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History

KSIM went on the air in 1948 and was owned by the Sikeston Community Broadcasting Company. It broadcast with 250 watts until beginning broadcast at 1,000 watts during the day in 1962. KSIM was able to get on the air because of KFVS—the future KZIM—moving to 960 kHz. Prime Time Broadcasting Corporation bought KSIM in 1977. It was sold to KSIM, Inc., in 1993, and to the Zimmer Radio Group in 1996. In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL,

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KEZS-FM KEZS-FM (102.9 MHz, "K103") is a country music-formatted radio station broadcasting from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The station plays songs by pop country artists like Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, and Florida Georgia Line. It is a 100,000-watt station ...

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, and KSIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17-station transaction was $43 million.

References

External links

KSIM official website
* SIM News and talk radio stations in the United States Scott County, Missouri Radio stations established in 1982 1982 establishments in Missouri Max Media radio stations {{Missouri-radio-station-stub