KFMG-LP is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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. The station is currently owned by The Des Moines Community Radio Foundation. The noncommercial low-power station currently airs a primarily wide-ranging adult album alternative

Adult album alternative

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 format with a strong local community focus.

The KFMG call sign

Call sign

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 was used previously on two stations. From 1964 to 1975, the KFMG call sign was allocated to 94.9 FM

KGGO

KGGO is a classic rock radio station based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is located at 94.9 on the FM band. The station's studios are in Urbandale, Iowa, with Cumulus Media's other Des Moines stations: KJJY, KHKI, KWQW, and KBGG...

, and the station at one time aired a free-form rock

Freeform (radio format)

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 format programmed by Ron Sorenson. Sorenson later owned the 103.3 FM

KAZR

KAZR is an FM radio station licensed to Pella, Iowa, with studios in Des Moines, Iowa. It is part of the Des Moines Radio Group, along with KPSZ, KRNT, KIOA, KLTI-FM, and KSTZ. Despite being an active rock reporter to Mediabase, they are a mainstream rock reporter to Nielsen BDS.-History:The...

 frequency, which had the KFMG call sign and a similar format from 1992 until 1996, when Sorenson sold it to Saga Communications

Saga Communications

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 and the format was flipped to active rock

Active rock

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. Sorenson is currently general manager of KFMG-LP.

KFMG-LP signed on the air on February 26, 2007. The station went off the air on January 15, 2010, with the board of previous licencee Employee & Family Resources (Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation) citing financial reasons. In March, the group donated the station to the Des Moines Community Radio Foundation, which consists partly of station staffers. The group returned the station to the air on June 14.