KGVO
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KGVO is a radio station
Radio station
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 licensed to serve Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana
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. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a News radio
News Radio
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 format.

The station was assigned the KGVO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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 on March 17, 1931.

Ownership

In October 2007, a deal was reached for KGVO to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
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 as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million. What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.

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