WOI-FM (90.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to

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, serving the greater Ames/

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area. The station is owned by

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. WOI-FM is an affiliate of

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, and carries IPR's "News and Studio One" service—a mix of

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news programming and

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music. WOI-FM first hit the airwaves on December 1, 1949. It was originally a full-time simulcast of WOI-AM. The two stations went their separate ways in the 1960s. Until the formation of Iowa Public Radio in 2004, WOI-FM was the flagship station for a mini-network of FM stations in central Iowa, including KWOI in Carroll and KTPR in

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. For most of the time since the formation of NPR, WOI-FM aired a mix of classical music and NPR news and talk programming, simulcasting many programs with its AM sister. Shortly after midnight on September 10, 2012, IPR switched WOI-FM's format to the News and Studio One service. The classical service moved to WOI-FM's second digital subcarrier. For those without

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, classical music continues to be heard in portions of central Iowa on five full-power stations that between them cover most of the region.

HD Programming

WOI-FM broadcasts two digital channels in the

(hybrid) format.http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=91 HD Radio Guide for Des Moines, Iowa *''See also

External links

Iowa Public Radio
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References

µ NPR member stations Classical music radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Iowa Iowa State University {{Iowa-radio-station-stub