| City of license | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Omaha Metro |
| Slogan | 89.7 The River, The Cutting Edge of Rock |
| Frequency | 89.7 MHz |
| Format | Alternative |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 326.0 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 29126 |
| Former callsigns | Iowa Western (Community College) Radio |
| Owner | Iowa Western Community College |
| Website | 897theriver.com |
KIWR (89.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Alternative format.[1] Based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, the station serves the Omaha Metro area. The station is licensed to Iowa Western Community College.[2] The station has broadcast alternative rock since January 1, 1996. Prior to that, it played Classical music and Jazz.
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The station is the home of the Morning Fiasco with Spicioli and AP weekday mornings 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., which includes features like the Uncensored Sports Break, Conjunction and School of Rock which features a guest spot with Sophia John. After the Morning Fiasco its Middays with Tom "Skinman" Skinner from 10am to 12PM, followed by Sophia John from 12pm to 2pm featuring The Nooner Monday thru Thursday but on Friday Sophia has created a highly popular covers show where she plays only cover songs from Noon to 2p.m. Next Jake Ryan takes over with the Jake Ryan Radio Experience weekday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. featuring the 311 at 311, the 4 at 4, Road Rage and the Daily Dose of Metallica.
From 6p.m. to 6a.m. students attending the Media Studies Program at Iowa Western Community College start their shifts. 897 The River has always been a learning tool for students attending the media studies program at IWCC.
KIWR hosts several "spotlight" radio programs that are not subsets of the regular programming. This includes the 20 years old Pacific Street Blues which airs Sunday's from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Immediately preceding PS Blues is Mike Fratt's Sunday Morning; which airs from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Other specialty programming including Music with a Purpose, Planet O (local/regional music), New Day Rising, the heavy metal outlet Sunday School, Keller's Cellar and Grateful Dead hour air from the hours of 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Pacific Street Blues radio program was nominated for a KBA or Keeping the Blues Alive award in 2008 and its host, Rick Galusha, has been nominated to the Nebraska Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
July 30, 2006 - River Riot w/ 311, Dashboard Confessional*, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights, Blue October, The Wailers, Matchbook Romance, Say Anything, Pepper, Swizzle Tree, Agent Sparxx & Jazzwholes[3] *Dashboard Confessional cancelled the day of the concert.
July 21, 2007 - River Riot w/ Incubus, Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Fuel, The Exies & Simon Dawes
August 2, 2008 - River Riot w/ Three Doors Down, Staind, Seether, Filter, Finger Eleven, Sick Puppies & Safety Suit
August 14, 2009 - Rockfest w/ Korn, Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static X, Suicide Silence, Bury Your Dead, Burn Halo & After Midnight Project
August 16, 2009 - River Riot w/ Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Panic At The Disco, Chester French, Rehab, Dirty Little Rabbits & Pomeroy
May 14, 2010 - Rockfest w/ Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Hellyeah, Papa Roach, Skillet, Halestorm, & Dirtfedd
August 14, 2010 - River Riot w/ Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer, Blue October, Cage the Elephant, Emphatic, Flobots, Paper Tongues & Something To Burn
May 13, 2011 - Rockfest w/ Stone Sour, Seether, Hollywood Undead, 10 Years, Escape The Fate, My Darkest Days & Screaming for Silence
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