# KCIM > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KCIM > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KCIM.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCIM > Source revision: 1343310714 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Radio station in Carroll, Iowa, United States KCIM Carroll, Iowa United States Frequency 1380 kHz Branding 1380 KCIM Programming Format Classic hits Affiliations CBS News Radio Ownership Owner Carroll Broadcasting Company History First air date November 2, 1950 Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 9109 Class B Power 1,000 watts Translator 95.1 K236CV (Carroll) Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen Live Website 1380kcim.com **KCIM** (1380 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting), "1380 KCIM") is a radio station based in [Carroll, Iowa](/source/Carroll%2C_Iowa). The station plays [classic hits](/source/Classic_hits) music, along with providing news, sports and farm information. KCIM is part of the Carroll Broadcasting Company, along with [KKRL](/source/KKRL), and [KIKD](/source/KIKD). It was first licensed on November 2, 1950. Correct coordinates are 42° 02' 16"N, 94° 53' 04"W. The information lodged with Cavell Mertz gave the correct details. ## History KCIM-AM signed on July 27, 1950[2] at 5:00 PM with 14 full-time employees under the ownership of Carroll Broadcasting, owners of KCIM, KKRL along with local cable channel CBTV. At the time, KCIM was the first radio station owned by Carroll Broadcasting. The station in 1951 became a member of the Liberty Broadcasting system and featured Liberty's baseball game of the day. In 1953, 1954 KCIM aired White Sox baseball games from WCFL. In 1951 and 1952 they aired Carroll Merchant baseball games. On April 6, 1954, KCIM was granted a pattern change to extend their coverage west of Denison, south of Audubon and east of Jefferson. KCIM-AM was a news station dedicated to news from around the [Carroll County Area](/source/Carroll%2C_IA). KCIM-AM went through a few format changes: first it was a country station, then after the purchase of [KIKD](/source/KIKD) it changed to an easy listening format, after a while it switched to classic hits/oldies. ## Announcers and programming KCIM's morning announcer and Program Director is John Ryan. Other current announcers (as of September 2022) include Nathan Konz as News Director, Sports Director/middays Jeff Blankman, Farm News Director Von Kettelsen. KCIM has also been the home for [Iowa State](/source/Iowa_State_University) sports, and [Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) Baseball. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-9109_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for KCIM"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=9109). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["KCIM Extends Coverage Area in West Central Iowa"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23973162/). *Newspapers.com*. Carroll Daily Times Herald. Retrieved September 23, 2018. ## External links - [KCIM official website](http://www.1380kcim.com/) - [Carroll Broadcasting](http://www.carrollbroadcasting.com/) - [Facility details for Facility ID 9109 (KCIM)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=9109) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System - [KCIM](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=KCIM) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database - [Facility details for Facility ID 202995 (K236CV)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=202995) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System - [K236CV](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K236CV&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org - [FCC History Cards for KCIM](https://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/HistoryCards/9109.pdf)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] [42°02′29″N 94°53′06″W / 42.04139°N 94.88500°W / 42.04139; -94.88500](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=KCIM¶ms=42_02_29_N_94_53_06_W_type:landmark_region:US) v t e Classic Hits radio stations in Iowa By frequency 740 1220 1380 1380 1450 1510 1520 92.1 93.3 93.3 95.3 95.3 95.7 95.9 97.7 102.7 104.7 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.1 By callsign KCHE-FM KHBT KCII KCII-FM KCIM KCQQ KIFG KIFG-FM KIOA KIYX KKFD-FM KMRY KMZN KNOD KOKX KOKZ KQMG KQMG-FM KRQN KSIB KSWI KUDV KVIK KYTC By city Atlantic Bloomfield Carroll Cedar Rapids Cherokee Creston Davenport Decorah Des Moines Fairfield Harlan Humboldt Independence Independence Iowa Falls (KIFG) Iowa Falls (KIFG-FM) Keokuk Northwood Oskaloosa Sageville Vinton Waterloo Washington See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Iowa See also Oldies Classic Hits This article about a radio station in Iowa is a stub. 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