KNIM (1580
AM) is
radio station
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licensed to
Maryville, Missouri
Maryville is a city and county seat of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. Located in the "Missouri Point" region, As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,633. Maryville is home to Northwest Missouri State University and Northwes ...
. It airs a
country music
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format
History
KNIM began broadcasting in 1953 and was owned by the Maryville Radio and Television Corporation.
[History Cards for KNIM](_blank)
fcc.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2019. It originally ran 250 watts, during daytime hours only.
In September 1972, its sister station
KNIM-FM began broadcasting, simulcasting the programming of KNIM.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1975
', Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting beg ...
, 1975. p. C-110. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
On January 1, 2022, Regional Media acquired the station and its sister station KVVL from Nodaway Broadcasting which had been owned by Jim and Joyce Cronin since 1996.
On January 10, 2022, KNIM rebranded as "I'm Country KNIM".
KNIM Says I’m Country
Radioinsight - January 13, 2022
Translator
KNIM is also heard at 95.9 MHz, through a translator in Maryville, Missouri.
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Nodaway County, Missouri
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1953
1953 establishments in Missouri
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