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After the 1996 sale of WHO-TV in Des Moines, KCRG-TV was the only locally owned and operated television station left in Iowa. KCRG started broadcasting in high-definition television in January 2003. The station also had the first news helicopter in Iowa, "NewsCopter 9". KCRG's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
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The Gazette Company owned KCRG-TV (the call letters stand for "Cedar Rapids Gazette") until selling it to Gray Television, with the transfer being completed on October 1, 2015. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The company also owned KCRG radio (1600 AM) until selling the station to the owners of another local broadcaster, KZIA FM 102.9.
By 2000, the station had moved to its current sports talk format, but continued to simulcast KCRG-TV's newscasts and ABC's World News Tonight for radio listeners. KCRG adopted the nickname "The Zone" in 2003. On July 10, 2006, Gazette Communications announced that KCRG was being sold to owners of another local broadcaster, KZIA, subject to FCC ...
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Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Cedar Rapids Waterloo: Cedar Rapids: 2 29 KGAN: CBS: Fox on 2.2, Quest on 2.3 : 9 32 KCRG-TV: ABC: MyNetworkTV on 9.2, The CW on 9.3
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KCRG may refer to: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) , a newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, and the namesake and founding owner of the KCRG broadcasting stations in Cedar Rapids KCRG-TV , a television station (Channel 9 digital/virtual) licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States