KFGM-FM

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title: "KFGM-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2007-establishments-in-montana", "community-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "missoula-county,-montana", "radio-stations-established-in-2007", "radio-stations-in-montana"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFGM-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	KFGM-FM
logo	KFGM-FM 101.5 logo.png
logo_upright	.9
city	Frenchtown, Montana
country	US
area	Missoula, Montana
frequency
branding	Missoula Community Radio
format	Community radio
owner	Missoula Community Radio
airdate
former_callsigns
callsign_meaning	"For the Good of Missoula"
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	166027
class	C1
erp	3,600 watts
haat	637 m
coordinates
webcast
website
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| name = KFGM-FM | logo = KFGM-FM 101.5 logo.png | logo_upright = .9 | city = Frenchtown, Montana | country = US | area = Missoula, Montana | frequency = | branding = Missoula Community Radio | format = Community radio | owner = Missoula Community Radio | airdate = | former_callsigns = | callsign_meaning = "For the Good of Missoula" | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 166027 | class = C1 | erp = 3,600 watts | haat = 637 m | coordinates = | webcast = | website = KFGM-FM (101.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Frenchtown, Montana. The station is owned by a nonprofit, Missoula Community Radio, with studios in the Missoula Public Library and a transmitter on Mount Dean Stone.

History

The station signed on in 2007 as KXGZ "Grizz Country 101.5", a country music format with added coverage of Montana Grizzlies athletics simulcast with KGVO (1290 AM). The station was assigned the KVWE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 25, 2009, when the station changed to adult contemporary as "The View". This was dropped on March 1, 2012, when the station changed to simulcasting KGVO's news-talk format and adopted the call sign KGVO-FM. The station changed its call sign to KAMM-FM on December 15, 2016, in a prelude to a format flip: on February 2, 2017, KGVO's FM simulcast moved to translator 98.3 K252FP and KLYQ on February 2 as the renamed KAMM-FM flipped to alternative rock as "Alt 101.5".

On June 17, 2022, owner Townsquare Media announced that it would move the "Alternative Missoula" branding to 95.7 K239AP in Missoula—fed by KGGL's third HD Radio sub-channel—as KAMM-FM would be donated to Missoula Community Radio, which moved its programming from 105.5 KFGM-LP. The donation was made as part of required divestitures for Townsquare's acquisition of Cherry Creek Media. KFGM-LP had begun broadcasting on January 1, 2017, and moved into a space at the Missoula Public Library, shared with Missoula Community Access Television, simultaneous with the frequency change; MCR had been identified because a Townsquare representative and one of KFGM's founders both had kids on the same lacrosse team.

References

References

1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
2. (August 30, 2008). "Griz sports make jump to FM dial". The Missoulian.
3. Venta, Lance. (February 20, 2012). "KGVO Missoula To Shift To FM". RadioInsight.
4. "KGVO-FM to Drop Talk Simulcast, Flip to Alternative". Radio Insight.
5. "Townsquare Announces Multiple Missoula Frequency Shifts".
6. Friesen, Peter. (June 8, 2018). "Missoula Community Radio celebrates its second year". The Missoulian.
7. Walsh, Cory. (June 20, 2022). "Missoula Community Radio moves into library, gets stronger signal". The Missoulian.

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