KMMS-FM

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KMMS-FM

| logo =

| logo_size =

| city = Bozeman, Montana

| country = US

| area = Bozeman, Montana

| branding = The Moose 94.7

| airdate =

| frequency = 94.7 MHz

| format = Adult album alternative

| erp = 5,300 watts

| haat = {{convert|220|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C3

| facility_id = 24171

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|45|40|24|N|110|52|2|W|region:US-MT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KUUB, KUUB-FM

| former_frequencies = 95.1 MHz (1987–2020)

| owner = Townsquare Media

| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC

| sister_stations = KISN, KMMS (AM), KPRK, KXLB, KZMY

| webcast = [https://mooseradio.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://mooseradio.com/ mooseradio.com]

| affiliations =

}}

KMMS-FM (94.7 MHz, "The Moose 94.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Bozeman, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, licensed to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs an adult album alternative music format.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }}

All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located at 125 West Mendenhall Street, downtown Bozeman. KXLB, KMMS-FM, KZMY, and KISN all share a transmitter site on Green Mountain, east of Bozeman.

The station was assigned the KMMS-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 15, 1991.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=24171&Callsign=KMMS-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}

After 30 years on the 95.1 frequency, KMMS moved to 94.7 FM at 12{{nbsp}}pm MT on May 28, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://mooseradio.com/mooseradio.com|title=The Moose 94.7 FM – Bozeman's Best Rock – Bozeman Rock Radio|website=The Moose 94.7 FM}}

Ownership

In February 2008, Colorado-based GAPWEST Broadcasting completed the acquisition of 57 radio stations in 13 markets in the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region from Clear Channel Communications.{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Richardson |date=2008-02-15 |url=http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2008/02/15/news/30radio.txt |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |title=GAPWEST closes deal for Bozeman radio stations; Goodbye Clear Channel, Hello GAPWEST}} The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included six Bozeman stations, seven in Missoula and five in Billings. Other stations in the deal are located in Shelby, Montana, and in Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming, plus Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho, and Yakima, Washington. GapWest was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.{{cite news|title=Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP|url=http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/26710.html|access-date=August 15, 2010|newspaper=Radio Business Report|date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121043217/http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/26710.html|archive-date=January 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}

History

KMMS started out as KUUB 95 the Kube, Yellowstone Country's hit music. It was Bozemans home of the original American Top 40. In 1991, the station flipped to a hybrid Rock/Alternative/Adult Rock format. This left Bozeman without a pop music station for ten years until KSCY (KISN) Started transitioning from Adult Contemporary to top 40 in 2002.