KNIA
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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 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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
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]
Former employees include:
Ed Hanna, General Manager (Late 1970's) Melvin Knowles, Chief Engineer (1970's - 1980's) Diana Brewer, Sales Manager (Late 1970's) Dwight 'Skip' Anderson, Program Director (Late 1970's)
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
External links
- KNIA official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KNIA
- Radio-Locator Information on KNIA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KNIA
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