KXGN (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KXGN

| logo = KXGN 1400 103.1 logo.png

| logo_size = 220px

| image = Kxgn glendive studio.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = The studios of KXGN TV and radio on South Douglas Street in Glendive, Montana.

| city = Glendive, Montana

| country = US

| branding = KXGN 1400 AM & 103.1 FM

| frequency = 1400 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|103.1|K276GO|Glendive}}

| airdate = {{start date|1948|9|23}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-268|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|accessdate=April 17, 2017}}

| format = Oldies; adult contemporary; news

| power = 1,000 watts unlimited

| class = C

| facility_id = 24285

| licensing_authority = FCC

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| owner = Andrew Sturlaugson

| licensee = P&A Media LLC

| affiliations = Fox News Radio

| sister_stations = KDZN

| webcast = {{listenlive|url=https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KXGN}}

| website = {{URL|http://web.kxgn.com/kxgn-1400-am/}}

}}

KXGN (1400 kHz) is an AM radio station in Glendive, Montana, United States. The station is owned by Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media, along with KDZN. KXGN signed on in 1948.

History

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Lewis Wiles Moore was granted a construction permit for a new station on 1400 kHz in Glendive in July 1948;{{cite news |title=AM Grants |work=Broadcasting–Telecasting |date=July 12, 1948 |page=75}} the station, which took the call sign KXGN,{{cite web |title=KXGN history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45731 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |format=PDF}} went on the air September 23. In 1954, the license was transferred to the Glendive Broadcasting Corporation; Moore retained 99 percent of the new company, with Mary L. Moore and Elizabeth Kinsfater each holding a 0.05-percent interest.{{cite news |title=Ownership Changes |work=Broadcasting–Telecasting |date=March 1, 1954 |page=86}} A television sister station, KXGN-TV (channel 5), was added in 1957.{{cite web |title=KXGN-TV history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=85751 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |format=PDF}}

Stephen A. Marks, owner of WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan, bought KXGN and KXGN-TV from Lewis Moore in 1989.{{cite news |title=Changing Hands |work=Broadcasting |date=August 28, 1989 |page=55}} The sale required a waiver of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations that prohibited common ownership of radio and television stations, which was granted in May 1990; by then, Moore had retired to Palm Desert, California.{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Patrick J. |title=One-to-a-market waived in Montana |work=Broadcasting |date=May 14, 1990 |page=44}} Marks added an FM station, KDZN, to the group in 1995; by this point, KXGN radio was losing money and was being supported by revenues from KXGN-TV.{{cite web|title=Memorandum Opinion and Order|url=https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-95-61A1.pdf|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=February 8, 2025|date=March 7, 1995|archive-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418090245/https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-95-61A1.pdf|url-status=live}}

Stephen Marks died on May 11, 2022.{{cite news |title=Marks Media Group President Stephen Marks Passes Away. |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/marks-media-group-president-stephen-marks-passes-away/article_84230c9c-d55a-11ec-a542-672ab864d18f.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=Inside Radio |date=May 16, 2022 |language=en}} Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media acquired Marks' Montana and North Dakota radio stations, including KXGN and KDZN, for $850,000 in 2024;{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 2/9 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/264656/station-sales-week-of-2-9/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=RadioInsight |date=February 9, 2024}} Sturlaugson had been the Glendive stations' operations manager.{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Jon |title=Ops Manager Buys Marks Radio Stations in Montana, North Dakota |url=https://northpine.com/2024/02/11/ops-manager-buys-marks-stations-in-montana-north-dakota/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting |date=February 12, 2024}} The sale separated the radio stations from KXGN-TV, which the Marks estate retained.

Programming

KXGN broadcasts a mix of oldies and adult contemporary music with local news from KXGN and national news from Fox News Radio. Ranch, farm and other agriculture-oriented news is also offered on KXGN, as Glendive is a large farming community.

High school sports including Dawson County High School football, boys and girls basketball, volleyball and softball are heard on KXGN. The station also airs local American Legion, Babe Ruth and Little League baseball games in the summer. KXGN also airs games featuring the teams from Dawson Community College in Glendive and football and basketball games from the University of Montana in Missoula.

References

External links

{{Official website|http://web.kxgn.com/kxgn-1400-am/}}

{{FXL|K276GO}}

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XGN

Category:Dawson County, Montana

Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States

Category:Oldies radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1948

Category:1948 establishments in Montana