KMAL
ESPN Radio affiliate in Malden, Missouri, United States
KMAL (1470 AM, "ESPN 1220/1470") is a radio station licensed to serve Malden, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to River Radio LLC. It airs a sports format in conjunction with KGIR and featuring programming from ESPN Radio.
The station was assigned the KMAL call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 17, 1999.
Ownership
In December 2003, River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WJPF, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KLSC, KMAL, KSIM, KWOC, and KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KMAL” as eSPN Radio affiliate in Malden, Missouri, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6333284. Authority coordinates are 36.552, -89.978. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1470, 1220, 1999 and 2003.
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