KNWI
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Broadcast area | Des Moines metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 107.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Life 107.1 |
| Programming | |
| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| Format | Christian adult contemporary |
| Subchannels | HD2: Faith Radio (Christian talk and teaching) |
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Call sign meaning | Northwestern Iowa |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 37454 | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 193 meters (633 ft) |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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Broadcast area | Ames-Des Moines |
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 96.1 MHz |
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First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time". (as KEZF) |
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Call sign meaning | Northwestern Media |
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| 42083 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
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KNWI (107.1 FM, "Life 107.1") is a Christian adult contemporary radio station, licensed to Osceola, Iowa, and serving the Des Moines metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by University of Northwestern – St. Paul in Roseville, Minnesota, a religious university which owns a chain of radio stations around the U.S. KNWI also simulcasts on KNWM (96.1 FM) in Madrid, Iowa.
History
The station first signed on the air on October 1, 1982.[3] The call sign was KJJC and the station played country music. It was owned by J. B. Broadcasting, Inc. and it was only powered at 3,000 watts, unable to be heard in the larger Des Moines radio market. In the late 90s and early 2000s, the stations ran a Sports talk format.[4]
Signal upgrades
Despite targeting Des Moines for decades, the city was outside the station's city-grade contour. In 2018, UNW proposed a modification to KNWI to upgrade it to 100 kW from a tower near Winterset. The move required KDSN-FM 107.1 in Denison to move to 104.9; in order to assure approval, UNW Northwestern subsidiary UNW Media Holdings LLC reached an agreement to buy KDSN-FM and its associated AM KDSN 1530 from Mikadety Radio Corporation for $1.25 million. (In September 2018, UNW Media divested the KDSN stations to JC Van Ginkel, James Field, & Rodney Christensen's Crawford County Broadcasting for $1.15 million.[5]) The frequency changes were approved by the FCC on August 12, 2019.[6] In October 2021, KNWI officially made the upgrade to 100,000 watts, and as a result, KNWM briefly dropped the KNWI simulcast.[7]
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References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KNWI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KNWM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 page B-90[dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KJJC - The JOCK!". January 23, 2002. Archived from the original on January 23, 2002. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Sales Week Of 9/7: KDSN Gets Divested Soon After Its Acquisition - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ellis, Jon (August 12, 2019). "FCC approves upgrade for Des Moines-area Christian FM". Northpine. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ellis, Jon (October 27, 2021). "Central Iowa Contemporary Christian Station Upgrades". NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
External links
- Life 107.1 KNWI / 96.1 KNWM Home Page Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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- KNWI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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- KNWM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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- K264CD at FCCdata.org
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