KNSL

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KNSL
Broadcast areaSouth Central Iowa, North Central Missouri
Frequency 97.9 MHz
BrandingIowa Public Radio
Programming
Format Public news/talk and adult alternative music
Ownership
Owner Iowa Public Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
August 6, 1984 (1984-08-06)
Former call signs
  • KLAL (1984–1997)
  • KASD (1997)
  • KIIC (1997–2005)
  • KOWI (2005–2012)
Call sign meaning
News and Studio One in Lamoni
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 81325
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°48′52″N93°50′15″W / 40.81444°N 93.83750°W / 40.81444; -93.83750
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website Iowa Public Radio

KNSL (97.9 MHz) is a public radio station licensed to Lamoni, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by Iowa Public Radio, Inc. (IPR) [2]

Contents

KNSL carries Iowa Public Radio's "News" and "Studio One" services, featuring news/talk programming in the daytime, from both IPR and National Public Radio. Evenings, the station carries "Studio One," airing adult album alternative music on weeknights, with jazz, blues and folk music also heard on weekends. KNSL is essentially a simulcast of WOI-FM, the flagship station in Ames, Iowa.

History

On August 6, 1984, the station signed on as KLAL. [3] It was originally on 97.7 MHz, broadcasting at only 1,300 watts, a fraction of its current power. Dwaine F. Meyer was the owner, with KLAL playing adult contemporary music.

Around 1997, the station went off the air for a time to rebuild and move one notch up the dial to 97.9 MHz. That was coupled with a boost in power to 50,000 watts. When it returned to the airwaves, it was KIIC, owned by Continental Broadcasting of Iowa and playing classic country music. [4]

In 2004, Iowa Public Radio paid $450,000 to buy the station. [5] It became a non-commercial public station. The following year, the call sign was changed to KOWI. The call sign was switched to KNSL in 2012 to indicate the station is an affiliate of IPR's "News" and "Studio One" networks in Lamoni.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KNSL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KNSL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1986 page B-105
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 page D-177
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-222


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