KXNO
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| City of license | Des Moines, Iowa |
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| Slogan | Des Moines' Sports Station |
| Frequency | 1460 (kHz) |
| First air date | November 2, 1925 (as KSO) |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Football term X's aNd O's |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | www.kxno.com |
KXNO is a sports radio station based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is located at 1460 on the AM band.
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[edit] History
KXNO's roots can be traced back to KSO ("Keep Serving Others"), a station that first broadcast from Clarinda, Iowa, on November 2, 1925. On June 26, 1931, the Cowles family, publishers of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, bought KSO; they moved the station to Des Moines on November 5, 1932.[1]
After several frequency changes during the station's early years, KSO moved from 1320 to 1430 AM on March 17, 1935; KRNT radio took over KSO's old frequency, while KSO replaced the Cowles-owned KWCR in Cedar Rapids. KSO changed frequencies one last time as part of the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement of 1941, moving from 1430 to 1460 AM. KSO and KRNT were both owned by the Cowles family until 1944, when they sold KSO after the FCC ruled that one company could not own two radio stations in the same market.[1]
After several format changes, KSO had a successful country music format from 1974 until September 1, 1989. It then began simulcasting KGGO-FM's rock music format, taking on the KGGO call letters in the process. In 1994, the station became KDMI, broadcasting religious and Spanish language programming.[1] Clear Channel Communications acquired KDMI in 2000. On January 1, 2001, KDMI became KXNO and adopted its current sports radio format.[2] KXNO had two direct competitors — KXTK (now KPSZ, 940 AM) and KJJC (now KNWI, 107.1 FM) — when it became a sports station, but both of its competitors had changed formats by mid-2003.[3]
KXNO is part of Clear Channel's Des Moines radio group, along with KDRB, KKDM, KPTL, and WHO.
[edit] Personalities and programming
Much of KXNO's programming comes from Fox Sports Radio. Local talk show hosts include the balding duo Larry Cotlar and Geoff Conn of the Cotlar & Company morning show (6-9am CST), HawkeyeNation.com webmaster & 1040 WHO Sports Director Jon Miller (2-4pm CST), and former KJJC personalities Marty Tirrell(nicknamed the mouth of the Midwest) and Ken Miller (4-7pm CST). Marty and Miller had a falling out in 2001[1] but in the summer of 2006 reunited.
They also carry Iowa Cubs baseball games and Kansas City Chiefs football games, as well as the syndicated Jim Rome radio show.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Davison, Jr., George F. (2002). KRNT-KSO History. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.
- ^ Miller, Bryce. "Third D.M. station joins all-sports radio format", The Des Moines Register, 2001-01-03, p. 3C.
- ^ Witosky, Tom. "Another D.M. radio station to pull the plug on sports", The Des Moines Register, 2003-07-28, p. 1C.
[edit] External links
- KXNO's web site
- KSO historical artifacts from DesMoinesBroadcasting.com
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KXNO
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