KIWA (1550 AM) is a commercial radio station serving the Sheldon, Iowa area. The station primarily broadcasts a news/talk format. It also broadcasts full coverage of local sports.
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Frequency | 1550 kHz |
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Programming | |
Format | News/Talk |
Ownership | |
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History | |
First air date | October 27, 1961 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 60088 |
Class | D |
Power | 283 watts (daytime) 6 watts (nighttime) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°10′53″N 95°51′56″W / 43.18139°N 95.86556°W |
Translator(s) | 100.7 K264CW (Sheldon) |
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Public license information | |
Website | kiwaradio.com |
KIWA and sister station KIWA-FM are owned by Neil Lipetzky, Dean Sorenson, and Duane Butt, through licensee Community First Broadcasting, LLC. Studios are located at 411 9th St. in Sheldon. The stations also share a transmitter site behind the National Guard facility, on Sheldon's west side.
External links
edit- KIWA website
- Facility details for Facility ID 60088 (KIWA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KIWA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 200289 (K264CW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K264CW at FCCdata.org
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KIWA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.