Newspapers, radio, and television in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.
The Gazette is the primary daily newspaper for Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids Gazette won a Pulitzer Prize in 1936, under editor Verne Marshall and primarily due to his efforts and articles, for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa. [1]
Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.
| Freq (MHz) | Call | City | Owner | Start | ERP (W) | Nickname | Format | RDS | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.3 | KCCK | Cedar Rapids | Kirkwood Community College | 1972 | 10,000 | All That Jazz 88.3 | Jazz | No | 1 |
| 89.1 | KXGM | Hiawatha | Educational Media Foundation | 2002 | 5,800 | Positive, Alternative 89.1 FM | Contemporary Christian Music | No | No |
| 90.9 | KUNI | Cedar Falls | University of Northern Iowa | 1960 | 100,000 | 90.9 KUNI | News/Talk, Adult Album Alternative | Yes | 1 |
| 91.7 | KSUI | Iowa City | University of Iowa | 1977 | 100,000 | 91.7 KSUI | Classical Music | No | 2 |
| 92.3 | KOEL-FM | Oelwein | Townsquare Media | 1971 | 95,000 | K92.3 | Country Music | No | No |
| 93.1 | K226BO | Cedar Rapids | Ecker Broadcasting Company | 2011 | 250 | [t] Classic KMRY | Classic Hits | No | No |
| 94.1 | KRNA | Iowa City | Townsquare Media | 1974 | 100,000 | Real Rock 94.1 KRNA | Classic Rock | No | No |
| 94.7 | KMCH | Manchester | Delaware County Broadcasting | 1991 | 6,000 | Mix 94.7 KMCH | Full Service | No | No |
| 95.1 | K236AA | Cedar Rapids | KZIA, Inc. | 1997 | 230 | [t] Smart FM [Z] | 80's Hits | No | No |
| 95.7 | KOSY | Anamosa | iHeartMedia | 2008 | 18,000 | Hot 95.7 | Rhythmic Contemporary | Yes | No |
| 96.5 | KKSY | Cedar Rapids | iHeartMedia | 1963 | 100,000 | 96.5 Kiss Country | Country Music | Yes | No |
| 98.1 | KHAK | Cedar Rapids | Townsquare Media | 1961 | 100,000 | 98.1 K-Hawk | Country Music | No | No |
| 98.5 | K253BE | Iowa City | KZIA, Inc. | 2016 | 250 | [t] Smart FM [Z] | 80's Hits | No | No |
| 99.3 | KDST | Dyersville | Design Homes, Inc. | 1984 | 3,000 | Real Country 99.3 KDST | Country Music | No | No |
| 99.7 | KBEA | Muscatine | Townsquare Media | 1949 | 100,000 | B100 | Contemporary Hit Radio | No | No |
| 100.7 | KKRQ | Iowa City | iHeartMedia | 1966 | 100,000 | 100.7 The Fox | Classic Rock | Yes | No |
| 101.5 | K268CY | Cedar Rapids | iHeartMedia | 2016 | 30 | [t] Leo 1360 | Oldies | No | No |
| 101.9 | KNWS | Waterloo | Northwestern College | 1965 | 100,000 | Life 101.9 | Contemporary Christian Music | No | No |
| 102.3 | K272GB | Cedar Rapids | KZIA, Inc. | 2020 | 250 | [t] 1600 The Gym | Sports Radio | No | No |
| 102.9 | KZIA | Cedar Rapids | KZIA, Inc. | 1975 | 100,000 | Z 102.9 | Contemporary Hit Radio | No | 4 |
| 104.5 | KDAT | Cedar Rapids | Townsquare Media | 1971 | 100,000 | 104.5 KDAT | Adult Contemporary Music | No | No |
| 105.7 | KOKZ | Waterloo | NRG Media | 1962 | 100,000 | 105.7 KOKZ | Classic Hits | No | No |
| 106.3 | K292FZ | Iowa City | KZIA, Inc. | 2007 | 175 | [t] 1600 The Gym [Z] | Sports Radio | No | No |
| 107.1 | KRQN | Vinton | George S. Flinn, Jr. | 2002 | 4,700 | i107.1 | Contemporary Hit Radio | No | No |
| 107.5 | K298BM | Cedar Rapids | KZIA, Inc. | 2007 | 250 | [t] X107.5 [Z] | Alternative Rock | No | No |
| 107.9 | KFMW | Waterloo | NRG Media | 1968 | 77,000 | Rock 108 | Active Rock | No | No |
| Freq (kHz) | Call | City | Owner | Start | Day Power (W) | Night Power (W) | Nickname | Format | Stereo | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | WMT | Cedar Rapids | iHeartMedia | 1922 | 5,000 | 5,000 | NewsRadio 600 WMT | News/Talk | No | No |
| 800 | KXIC | Iowa City | iHeartMedia | 1960 | 1,000 | 199 | AM 800 KXIC | News/Talk | No | No |
| 910 | WSUI | Iowa City | University of Iowa | 1922 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 910 WSUI | Public Radio | No | No |
| 1360 | KMJM | Cedar Rapids | iHeartMedia | 1961 | 1,000 | 124 | Leo 1360 | Oldies | No | No |
| 1450 | KMRY | Cedar Rapids | Ecker Broadcasting Company | 1948 | 1,000 | 1,000 | Classic KMRY | Classic Hits | No | No |
| 1540 | KXEL | Waterloo | NRG Media | 1942 | 50,000 | 50,000 | KXEL NewsTalk 1540 | News/Talk | No | No |
| 1600 | KGYM | Cedar Rapids | KZIA, Inc. | 1947 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 1600 The Gym | Sports Radio | No | No |
| 1630 | KCJJ | Iowa City | River City Radio, Inc. | 1982 | 10,000 | 1,000 | The Mighty 1630 KCJJ | Hot Adult Contemporary | No | No |
| 1650 | KCNZ | Cedar Falls | Fife Communication Company LLC | 1998 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 1650 The Fan KCNZ | Sports Radio | No | No |
| Virt. Ch. | Call | City | Owner | Operator | Start | Digital Ch. | DTV | Nickname | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | KGAN | Cedar Rapids | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Sinclair Broadcast Group | 1953 | 29 | 720p | CBS 2 | CBS |
| 2.2 | 720p | Fox 28 | Fox | ||||||
| 2.3 | 480i | Quest | Quest | ||||||
| 7.1 | KWWL | Waterloo | Allen Media Broadcasting | Allen Media Broadcasting | 1953 | 7 | 1080i | NewsChannel 7 | NBC |
| 7.2 | 720p | H&I 7.2 | Heroes & Icons | ||||||
| 7.3 | 480i | Me-TV 7.3 | MeTV | ||||||
| 7.4 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | ||||||
| 7.5 | 480i | TruCrim | True Crime Network | ||||||
| 9.1 | KCRG | Cedar Rapids | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1953 | 9 | 720p | KCRG-TV 9 | ABC |
| 9.2 | 720p | My 9.2 | MyNetworkTV | ||||||
| 9.3 | 720p | The CW 9.3 | The CW | ||||||
| 12.1 | KIIN | Iowa City | Iowa Public Broadcasting Board | Iowa Public Broadcasting Board | 1939 | 12 | 1080i | IPBS HD | PBS |
| 12.2 | 480i | IPBS Kids | PBS Kids | ||||||
| 12.3 | 480i | IPBS World | PBS World | ||||||
| 12.4 | 480i | IPBS Create | Create | ||||||
| 20.1 | KWKB | Iowa City | TCT | TCT | 1999 | 25 | 720p | TCT | TCT |
| 20.2 | 480i | Ion Mystery 20.2 | Ion Mystery | ||||||
| 20.3 | 480i | SBN | Sonlife | ||||||
| 20.4 | 480i | Start | Start TV | ||||||
| 20.5 | 480i | ThisTV | This TV | ||||||
| 20.9 | 480i | GetTV | Get | ||||||
| 28.1 | KFXA | Cedar Rapids | Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. | Sinclair Broadcast Group | 1988 | 27 | 480i | Dabl 28 | Dabl |
| 28.2 | 480i | Charge! 28.2 | Charge! | ||||||
| 28.3 | 480i | TBD 28.3 | TBD | ||||||
| 28.4 | 480i | Stadium | Stadium | ||||||
| 28.5 | 480i | Comet | Comet | ||||||
| 32.1 | KRIN | Waterloo | Iowa Public Broadcasting Board | Iowa Public Broadcasting Board | 1974 | 35 | 1080i | IPBS HD | PBS |
| 32.2 | 480i | IPBS Kids | PBS Kids | ||||||
| 32.3 | 480i | IPBS World | PBS World | ||||||
| 32.4 | 480i | IPBS Create | Create | ||||||
| 40.1 | KFXB | Dubuque | Christian Television Network | Christian Television Network | 1976 | 14 | 480p | CTN 40 | CTN |
| 40.2 | 480p | Lifesty | CTN Lifestyle | ||||||
| 40.3 | 480p | CTNi | CTNi | ||||||
| 48.1 | KPXR | Cedar Rapids | Ion Media Networks | Ion Media Networks | 1997 | 22 | 720p | Ion 48 | Ion Television |
| 48.2 | 480i | Grit 48.2 | Grit | ||||||
| 48.3 | 480i | Bounce TV 48.3 | Bounce TV | ||||||
| 48.4 | 480i | Laff | Laff | ||||||
| 48.5 | 480i | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||||||
| 48.6 | 480i | SCRIPPS | Scripps News | ||||||
| 48.7 | 480i | Jewelry | Jewelry Television | ||||||
| 48.8 | 480i | HSN | HSN | ||||||
| 48.9 | 480i | QVC | QVC |
Cedar Rapids is the second-most populous city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. It is a part of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City region of Eastern Iowa, which includes Linn, Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Jones, Johnson, and Washington counties.
KGAN is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa as an affiliate of CBS and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Dabl affiliate KFXA under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. Both stations share studios at Broadcast Park on Old Marion Road Northeast in Cedar Rapids, while KGAN's transmitter is located in Rowley, near the junction of Buchanan, Benton and Linn counties.
KCRG-TV is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa as an affiliate of ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on Second Avenue Southeast in downtown Cedar Rapids, and its transmitter is located near Walker, Iowa.
KWWL is a television station licensed to Waterloo, Iowa, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for Eastern Iowa. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, KWWL maintains studios on East 5th Street in Waterloo, with news bureaus and advertising sales offices in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Iowa City. The station's transmitter is located north of Rowley, Iowa, a city in Buchanan County.
KFXA is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Dabl. It is owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd., which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of dual CBS/Fox affiliate KGAN, for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios at Broadcast Park on Old Marion Road Northeast in Cedar Rapids, while KFXA's transmitter is located in Van Horne, Iowa.
KCCK-FM is a public radio station licensed to Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa. KCCK is Iowa's only jazz radio station.
KGYM is a radio station broadcasting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by KZIA, Inc., which also owns KZIA. It is Cedar Rapids' second-oldest radio station, after WMT.
The Gazette is a daily print newspaper and online news source published in the American city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The first paper was published as an evening journal, branded the Evening Gazette, on January 10, 1883. The newspaper is distributed throughout northeastern and east-central Iowa, including the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metropolitan areas. It was formerly called The Cedar Rapids Gazette. As of September 2019, The Gazette has a circulation of 32,616 for the daily edition and 37,860 for the Sunday edition.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936
WMT is a commercial AM radio station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It broadcasts a news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are co-located with former sister station KGAN-TV channel 2, near the intersection of Collins Road and Old Marion Road NE in Cedar Rapids, in a building known as "Broadcast Park."
KUNI (90.9 MHz) is an FM radio station owned and operated by Iowa Public Radio (IPR) in Cedar Falls. It is one of two NPR outlets for Eastern Iowa; the other being WSUI in Iowa City. KUNI's transmitter is in Walker, Iowa, with its primary signal covering Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. KUNI's programming is simulcast on full-power satellites KNSM and KRNI in Mason City. KUNI also has three low-power FM translators: K233AA in Davenport, K237GD in Iowa City, and K274AA in Eldridge.
KZIA, known as "Z 102.9", is a radio station based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has a Top 40 (CHR) format primarily staffed with local personalities, including morning DJs Dancin' Eric Hanson, Clare Duffy, and Producer Ben, known as “The Morning Scramble.” Eric and Clare were recognized as the Iowa Broadcasters of the Year in 2022 by the Iowa Broadcasters Association. Other hosts include Lady J, Those Girls in the Afternoon with Destiny and Taylor, and Jaidyn on the Night Show. The station's transmitter is located in Hiawatha, Iowa, and its signal reaches most of eastern Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo, and the Quad Cities area. It also reaches Prairie du Chien, and Platteville, both in Wisconsin.
KXIC is a commercial radio station licensed to Iowa City, Iowa, and serving the Cedar Rapids area as well as Johnson County. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a sports radio format, with some news and talk shows. Most programming comes from Fox Sports Radio.
KMRY is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by Jim Ecker, through licensee Ecker Broadcasting Co.
KMJM is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs an oldies music format including Cedar Rapids Roughriders hockey, Coe College football, and serves as an overflow station for University of Iowa men's and women's basketball when games conflict with another Hawkeye event airing on sister station WMT.
KOSY-FM is a radio station licensed to Anamosa, Iowa, and serving the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. It airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are at "Broadcast Park" near the intersection of Collins Road and Old Marion Road NE in Cedar Rapids.
KHAK is a radio station that broadcasts a country music format to the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa area. Licensed to Cedar Rapids, the station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. KHAK's studios are located in the Alliant Energy Building on Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, and its transmitter is located near US-30/US-151 and Ivanhoe Road on the south side of Cedar Rapids.
KMRV was a commercial radio station that served the Waukon, Iowa, area. KMRV was originally a daytime-only station broadcasting on 1140 kHz, with the call letters KNEI. The station was last owned by Wennes Communications. KMRV's format continues to be heard on KDEC in Decorah and 100.5 FM (HD2) KDHK, which replaced KMRV as the source of translator K256CS at closure.
Northwestern Media is the Christian radio ministry of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, an evangelical university in Roseville, Minnesota. Northwestern Media operates three radio networks serving listeners primarily in the Midwestern United States: the Life Network, a contemporary Christian music station; the Faith Network, with Christian talk and teaching programming; and Spirit FM, playing Christian adult contemporary music.
KOJC was a radio station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by the Oakhill-Jackson Economic Development Corporation. The station operated from June 1978 to 1993 and provided programming by and for the African American community in Cedar Rapids.