KCIL
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KXMG, aka "Mega 107.5', is a Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 top 40 outlet serving the Tri-Parishes area but its signal can be heard in parts of the New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

 area. The station, licensed to Houma, Louisiana
Houma, Louisiana
Houma is a city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the parish, which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish...

, is owned by Sunburst Media Broadcasting and broadcasts at 107.5 MHz with an ERP of 69 kW.

Although KCIL has been a Country outlet for most of its life, it did take a detour into targeting New Orleans as Rhythmic Top 40 "Hot 107" in the late 1980s.

In 2007, the station filed papers with the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
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 to move its city of license to Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte is a town on Bayou Barataria in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte. The population was 2,137 at the 2000 census...

 in order to better serve New Orleans. The change was approved in May 2007 http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101167784&formid=301&fac_num=25520http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101167784&formid=301&fac_num=25520

The station is an affiliate of the New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

radio network.

On May 2, 2011 KCIL changed their call letters to KXMG.

On July 1, 2011 KXMG changed their format to Spanish top 40, branded as "Mega 107.5".

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Past DJ's
Doctor Don Thomas & Mo Lewis
Mike Stone
Gene Stevens
Wayne Player
Paul Junior
Madison Taylor
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