KXRA (AM)

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KXRA
Broadcast area Alexandria, Minnesota
Frequency 1490 kHz
Branding1490 KXRA
Programming
Format News/Talk
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Townhall News
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
KXRA-FM, KXRZ
History
First air date
July 27, 1949 (1949-7-27) [1]
Call sign meaning
K AleXandRiA
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51523
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 45°52′06″N95°21′48″W / 45.86833°N 95.36333°W / 45.86833; -95.36333
Translator(s) 100.3 K262AT (Alexandria)
105.7 K289CL (Glenwood)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website voiceofalexandria.com/kxra

KXRA is a news/talk on 1490 AM and translator channels K262AT at 100.3 FM in Alexandria, Minnesota and K289CL at 105.7 FM in Glenwood, Minnesota owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KXRZ and KXRA-FM.

Contents

KXRA hosts the Alexandria areas only local talk shows. Open Line covers news and local events Monday through Thursday at 9 am cst. On Friday, The show is Open Topic. Another area favorite is a daily radio show, called Swap Shop. It is broadcast Monday through Saturday at 1 pm cst. Listeners can call and are put on the air live. They broadcast items they want to sell or want to buy. Many listeners find used vehicles, appliances, or farm machinery. Another locally produced show is Home Grown. Each Saturday Morning at 9 am, Linda Kellerman offers advice to listeners on gardening, lawns and plants. Other features include the reading of funeral announcements daily, county commissioners reports, Cardinal Sports (the local high school,) church services, community news, morning trivia, and the birthday club. This station is a primary source of daily news in Alexandria.

Staff

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-231. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KXRA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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