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| City of license | Knoxville, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Knoxville/Pella, Iowa |
| Branding | Real Country AM 1320 |
| Slogan | "Today's News, Yesterday's Music" |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | 1960[1] |
| Format | Country/News |
| Power | 500 watts (day) 222 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 39463 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°19′50″N 93°06′34″W / 41.33056°N 93.10944°W |
| Callsign meaning | KNoxville, IowA |
| Owner | M and H Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KRLS |
| Website | kniakrls.com |
KNIA (1320 AM, "Real Country AM 1320") is a full-service radio station licensed to serve Knoxville, Iowa, USA. The station is owned by M and H Broadcasting, Inc.
KNIA broadcasts a country music format with news and other public affairs programming.[2] On Sundays, Gospel music and other religious programming is aired.
History [link]
Forrest Mitchell put KNIA on the air in 1960.[1] In September 1964, Mitchell Broadcasting Corporation (Forrest J. Mitchell Jr., president) announced the sale of KNIA to Stevens Radio Corporation.[3]
In December 1992, Leighton Enterprises, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to M and H Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 23, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 1993.[4]
References [link]
- ^ a b Decision and Reports, March 1973 to June 1973. Federal Communications Commission. 1974. p. 597. https://books.google.com/books?id=IGA6AAAAMAAJ&q=KNIA+Knoxville&dq=KNIA+Knoxville&lr=&ei=nZxGScX3JJHEMaHwwJQE&client=firefox-a&pgis=1.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. https://www.arbitron.com/.
- ^ "Stevens purchasing station". The Jefferson Bee: p. 1. September 15, 1964. https://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=knia%20knoxville&img=\\na0001\244695\2653359_clean.html.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19921228EA)". FCC Media Bureau. March 1, 1993. https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=180201.
External links [link]
- KNIA official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KNIA
- Radio-Locator Information on KNIA
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KNIA
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