KIAQ (96.9 FM) is a commercial

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that serves the

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area. The station broadcasts a

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format. KIAQ is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC.

History

The station was originally licensed as KRIT on February 1, 1965, but changed

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s to KIAQ on September 1, 1992. In addition to its modern country music format, the station also provides local, regional and national news coverage, weather, sports and daily agriculture reports. KIAQ also broadcasts the

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and

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games. The transmitter and broadcast tower are located four miles north of

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, along Hwy P52. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the level.FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
/ref> The calculated Height Above Average Terrain is . The tower is also used by KLFG, which has its antenna array mounted at the level.

References

External links

KIAQ website
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