KXGN (AM)
Encyclopedia
KXGN is a radio station
in Glendive
, Montana
, USA. The station is owned by Glendive Broadcasting, owner of KXGN-TV
and KDZN
FM. KXGN signed on in 1957.
and adult contemporary music with local news from KXGN and national news from ABC
. Ranch, farm and other agriculture-oriented news is also offered on KXGN-AM, 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.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Glendive
Glendive, Montana
Glendive is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,935 at the 2010 census.The town of Glendive is located in South Eastern Montana and is considered by many as an agricultural hub of Eastern Montana...
, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, USA. The station is owned by Glendive Broadcasting, owner of KXGN-TV
KXGN-TV
KXGN-TV channel 5 is a television station in Glendive, Montana, a primarily agricultural region in eastern Montana, which is the smallest of the 210 US Nielsen-designated broadcast television market areas in the United States; the market serves a total potential home-market audience of a mere five...
and KDZN
KDZN
KDZN is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Glendive, Montana, serving East Central Montana. KDZN is owned and operated by Stephen A. Marks Radio Group.-History:...
FM. KXGN signed on in 1957.
Programming
KXGN broadcasts a mix of oldiesOldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
and adult contemporary music with local news from KXGN and national news from ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. Ranch, farm and other agriculture-oriented news is also offered on KXGN-AM, 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
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
and Little League
Little League
Little League Baseball and Softball is a non-profit organization in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States which organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the U.S...
baseball games in the summer. KXGN also airs games featuring the teams from Dawson Community College
Dawson Community College
Dawson Community College is a community college with approximately 400 full-time students, located in Glendive, Montana. DCC offers students one-year certificate programs or two-year associate's degree programs...
in Glendive and football and basketball games from the University of Montana in Missoula.