KRES (104.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

classic 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, old- ...

format. Licensed to

Moberly, Missouri Moberly is a city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,974 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area. History Moberly was founded in 1866, and named after Colonel William E. Moberly ...

, United States, the station serves the

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, area. The station is currently owned by

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, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio. The station began

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on 1550 AM in

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, in 1947, playing hits from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The station changed its

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KKJO KKJO-FM is a radio station in St. Joseph, Missouri, broadcasting at 105.5 on the FM dial. The station airs a Hot AC format with the brand name K-Jo 105-5. The transmitter is located across the border south of Troy, Kansas. History of KKJO-AM A ...

in 1962 and began playing hits from the 1950s and 1960s. Today KRES broadcasts on 104.7 FM with a

with

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and agricultural news format. KRES is the Moberly affiliate for

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baseball. Throughout the day, the on-air programmers who can be heard on KRES include, Brad Boyer, Bill Peterson, J.B. Connoley, Dan Patterson, Adam Hildebrandt, and Kyle Hill. In the late 1980s, on air staff included Jack Larkin, Jim Coyle, Bob Bagby, Dale Palmer, Ron Block, Larry Weller, Doug Owens and Rich Cain. In the early 1990s, KWIX-KRES radio's on-air staff included St. Louis-area transplants such as Bryan Polcyn, Doug Stewart, Mike Roberts and Paul Lewandowski.

Ownership

On March 1, 2007, it was announced that

GoodRadio.TV Good Radio Networks LLC, doing business as GoodRadio.TV, was a West Palm Beach, Florida based radio ownership group headed by former Pax president Dean Goodman. Partners in this venture include former NAB Chairman Eddie Fritz, and former found ...

LLC planned to buy The Shepherd Group of radio stations in Missouri. The Shepherd Group operates 16 small-market radio stations in Missouri. The deal was reportedly worth $30.6 million. Dean Goodman recently formed the new company, GoodRadio.TV. He is the former president and chief executive officer of the television broadcasting company ION Media Networks Inc. Goodman stepped down from ION Media Networks in October 2006. The Shepherd Group includes KJEL and

KBNN KBNN (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Established in 1973, the station is licensed to Lebanon, Missouri, United States, and serves the Springfield, Missouri, area. The station is owned by Alpha Media and i ...

in Lebanon; KJFF in Festus; KREI and

KTJJ KTJJ is a radio station broadcasting from Farmington, Missouri. KTJJ has an extensive coverage area, heard from Jefferson City to south-eastern Illinois from west to east, and St. Louis to the Missouri-Arkansas border from north to south. Program ...

in Farmington; KRES-FM and

KWIX KWIX (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to Moberly, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Moberly area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC and ...

in Moberly;

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in Macon; KIIK,

KOZQ-FM KOZQ-FM (102.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter ...

KJPW KJPW (1390 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format. Licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming ...

and

KFBD-FM KFBD-FM (97.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Waynesville, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. KFBD-FM and its AM sister station, KJPW, are the dominant news radi ...

in Waynesville;

KAAN-FM KAAN-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Bethany, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media and features programming from Westwood One. KAAN-FM firs ...

and KAAN in Bethany; and KMRN and

KKWK KKWK (100.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. Licensed to Cameron, Missouri, United States, the station serves the rural areas north of the Kansas City metropolitan area as well as serves as a rimshot int ...

in Cameron. In December 2013, GoodRadio.TV merged into Digity, LLC. Effective February 25, 2016, Digity and its 124 radio stations were acquired by

for $264 million.

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