The station plays classic hits music, along with providing news, sports and farm information.
KCIM is part of the Carroll Broadcasting Company, along with KKRL, and KIKD.
KCIM-AM signed on July 27, 1950[2] at 5:00 PM with 14 full-time employees under the ownership of Carroll Broadcasting, owners of KCIM, KKRL along with local cable channel CBTV.
At the time, KCIM was the first radio station owned by Carroll Broadcasting.
On April 6, 1954, KCIM was granted a pattern change to extend their coverage west of Denison, south of Audubon and east of Jefferson.