KDLS-FM (105.5

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, and serving the

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. It airs a

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, known as "La Ley 105.5 FM." (La Ley translates to "The Law.") KDLS-FM is licensed to the Latin Broadcasting Company. The owners of the Latin Broadcasting Company, based in

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. The transmitter and broadcast tower are located on West Avenue in

Granger, Iowa Granger is a city in Dallas and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,654 at the time of the 2020 census, up 184% from 583 in 2000. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geograph ...

, halfway between Perry and Des Moines.

History

On February 26, 1971, KDLS-FM first

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. It was originally on 104.9 MHz. It was owned by the Perry Broadcasting Company, which also owns former

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KDLS. Even though both stations continue to use the KDLS

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, they are now separately owned. In the 1990s, the station moved to 105.5 MHz. The station broadcast a

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format with frequent farm reports.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-168
/ref> In the 2010s, the station was sold to owners specializing in

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formats. It switched to Regional Mexican music.

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