KKGM

KKGM (1630 AM) is a radio station, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, owned and operated by iHeartMedia.
Licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, the station broadcasts an African American targeted news format, as an affiliate of the National Black Information Network.
History.
The station started out in 1994 as KOME, a simulcast of KHVN/970 kHz. It was intended to be the dial expansion position for KHVN, to become the new permanent home for that station in 2004, but Infinity/CBS Radio sold the frequency in 1998. Since Mortenson now owned both 970 and 1630, this move could feasibly still happen. The year the station was sold, it has switched its format to Spanish language music as KBCM. Three years later, the station changed its callsign to KNAX under a religious format in Spanish. The station had applied for license city move to Euless and for call letters "KHEV," but went with "KKGM" instead in 2004 with a Southern Gospel format.
KKGM then switched from a Southern Gospel format to an all-talk format, but later switched to a mix of Southern Gospel music along with featured talk.
On December 2, 2020, iHeartMedia announced their purchase of KKGM and sister station KHVN from Mortenson Broadcasting for $950,000, including its respective translators 92.1 K221GV and 95.3 K237HD. The deal includes a Local marketing agreement (LMA) that took effect from January 2, 2021 until full consummation. The purchase also allowed iHeartMedia to max out its DFW cluster threshold. Later on December 24, it was announced that both stations will join the Black Information Network as affiliates on January 2, 2021, jettisoning the gospel formats.
The staff of Mortenson Broadcasting and KKGM confirmed this programming change on the station's former website, saying "1630 KKGM has been here for you for over 15 years…Presenting the best Local and National Bible teachers and playing Southern Gospel music for the Metroplex. The Bible, in Ecclesiastes, says: “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven” and our season is coming to an end. 1630 KKGM will have new owners soon... and a new season for 1630 KKGM will start. Thank you for listening and supporting 1630 KKGM over the years. To our Pastors and Teachers we appreciate the honor of helping you spread the Gospel. On behalf of Jack Mortenson and the entire Mortenson Broadcasting Family, Thank you and God Bless!"
On January 2, 2021, KKGM (erroneously identified as "KKMG" during top of hour legal IDs) and KHVN began stunting with African American speeches, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our side of the story is about to be told," with the new BIN format officially launching on January 4 at 12:00 p.m. The new format will compete with Entercom’s heritage all-news station KRLD.