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Radio station in Payson, Arizona
KMOG
(1420
kHz
, "Rim Country Radio") is a
commercial
AM
radio station
licensed
to
Payson, Arizona
. It is owned by Farrell Enterprises LLC, and airs a
full-service
country music
format
.
[1]
The
studios
and
transmitter
are on East Taylor Parkway in Payson.
[2]
KMOG is a
daytimer
station. By day, it is powered at 3,000
watts
non-directional
. But to protect other stations from interference on
1430 AM
, KMOG goes off the air at night. Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt
FM translator
K277BX
at 103.3
MHz
in
Star Valley
.
[3]
History
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While it was still being
constructed
, the station was assigned the KMOG
call letters
by the
Federal Communications Commission
on March 15,
1982
.
[4]
It
signed on
the air on November 1, 1983
; 40 years ago
(
1983-11-01
)
.
[5]
It was owned by RimCo, Inc. The original developers were Neil Monaco, Hall Mayo and Willard Taylor. The station featured an
adult contemporary music
format and it was an
affiliate
of the
ABC Information Radio Network
.
It was bought by Michael Farrell in 1989, who switched the format to country music. Its programming includes local news, local talk, religious programs on Sundays and a
tradio
show middays from Monday through Saturday.
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