KXNO

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KXNO
City of license	Des Moines, Iowa
Slogan	Des Moines' Sports Station
First air date	November 2, 1925 (as KSO)
Frequency	1460 (kHz)
Format	Sports radio
ERP	5,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Football term X's aNd O's
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	www.kxno.com

KXNO is a sports radio station based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is located at 1460 on the AM band.

Contents 1 History 2 Personalities and programming 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

KXNO's roots can be traced back to KSO ("Keep Serving Others"), a station that first broadcast from Clarinda, Iowa, on November 2, 1925. On June 26, 1931, the Cowles family, publishers of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, bought KSO; they moved the station to Des Moines on November 5, 1932.

After several frequency changes during the station's early years, KSO moved from 1320 to 1430 AM on March 17, 1935; KRNT radio took over KSO's old frequency, while KSO replaced the Cowles-owned KWCR in Cedar Rapids. KSO changed frequencies one last time as part of the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement of 1941, moving from 1430 to 1460 AM. KSO and KRNT were both owned by the Cowles family until 1944, when they sold KSO after the FCC ruled that one company could not own two radio stations in the same market.

After several format changes, KSO had a successful country music format from 1974 until September 1, 1989. It then began simulcasting KGGO-FM's rock music format, taking on the KGGO call letters in the process. In 1994, the station became KDMI, broadcasting religious and Spanish language programming. Clear Channel Communications acquired KDMI in 2000. On January 1, 2001, KDMI became KXNO and adopted its current sports radio format. KXNO had two direct competitors — KXTK (now KPSZ, 940 AM) and KJJC (now KNWI, 107.1 FM) — when it became a sports station, but both of its competitors had changed formats by mid-2003.

KXNO is part of Clear Channel's Des Moines radio group, along with KDRB, KKDM, KPTL, and WHO.

[edit] Personalities and programming

Much of KXNO's programming comes from Fox Sports Radio. Local talk show hosts include Larry Cotlar and Geoff Conn of the Cotlar & Company morning show (6-9am CST), HawkeyeNation.com webmaster & 1040 WHO Sports Director Jon Miller (2-4pm CST), and former KJJC personalities Marty Tirrell and Ken Miller (4-7pm CST). They also carry Iowa Cubs baseball games and Kansas City Chiefs football games, as well as the syndicated Jim Rome radio show.

[edit] References

• KRNT-KSO History by George F. Davison, Jr. (2002), accessed January 16, 2006.
• "Third D.M. Station Joins All-Sports Radio Format" by Bryce Miller, Des Moines Register, January 3, 2001

[edit] External links

• KXNO's web site
• KSO historical artifacts from DesMoinesBroadcasting.com
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KXNO