KGGO (94.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a classic rock radio format. The station's studios and offices are in Urbandale, Iowa, with Cumulus Media's other Des Moines stations: KJJY, KHKI, KWQW, and KBGG. (Before 2001, KGGO's studios were located in Berwick, north of Des Moines.) KGGO carries two nationally syndicated shows on its weekday schedule, The Bob & Tom Show, in morning drive time and Nights with Alice Cooper in the evening. Middays and afternoons feature local DJs. KGGO has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum output for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is located off 24th Street SE, near 6th Avenue SE, in Altoona. History KNDR and KFMG The first radio station to occupy the 94.9 FM frequency in Des Moines was KNDR (New Directions Radio), which signed on in 1961. It was under the ownership of the Hopkins family, with studios in the Brown Hotel. But in the early 1960s, few people owned FM radios. The station left the air a year later due to financial problems. On May 31, 1964, KFMG debuted on that frequency with a "fine arts" classical music format. The station was owned by Bill and Ruth Plymat. Once again, the station used studios in the Brown Hotel in downtown Des Moines. The tower was located atop the hotel with the transmitter on the 11th floor. The station started broadcasting in FM stereo in December 1969 with a concert from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Progressive rock Longtime announcer Ron Sorenson hosted a late night program of progressive rock music called the "Roc Show," during the years KFMG was owned by the Plymat Family. When the Woodland Corporation bought the station in 1969, Sorenson convinced the new owners to go with that format on a full-time basis. On March 1, 1970, KFMG became a free-form station that played a wide variety of rock and other music. Morning host John Krantz played the first song at 6 a.m. that day, "Colour My World," by Chicago. KFMG had some setbacks that year. The planned demolition of the Brown Hotel caused Woodland to seek a new studio and location for the antenna and transmitter. A new location atop the Teachout Building did not give KFMG the coverage that it previously had from the Brown Hotel. In 1971, the station was sold