KXIA (101.1 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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. It is

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Marshalltown, Iowa Marshalltown is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa, United States, located along the Iowa River. It is the seat and most populous settlement of Marshall County and the 16th largest city in Iowa, with a population of 27,591 at ...

, and serves the

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. The station is currently licensed to Trending Media, Inc. KXIA is powered at 100,000

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s, the maximum for non-

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FM radio stations in the U.S. The

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is located near

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and South 12th Street in Marshalltown.

History

The station first

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in January 1968 as KFJB-FM.Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-76
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with co-owned

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KFJB KFJB (1230 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Marshalltown, Iowa, which broadcasts a talk radio, news/talk and sports radio, sports radio format, format. The station is licensed to Trending Media, Inc. It broad ...

. The two stations were owned by the Marshall Electric Company. KFJB-FM was powered at only 27,500 watts, a quarter of its current

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(ERP).

References

External links

* Country radio stations in the United States

XIA Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to: Chinese history * Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history * Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty * Xia (617–621), a state founded by Dou Ji ...

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