K260AM

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Coordinates: 41°35′04″N 93°38′07″W / 41.584486°N 93.635332°W / 41.584486; -93.635332

K260AM
City of license	Des Moines, Iowa
Broadcast area	Des Moines, Iowa
Branding	HITS 99.9
Slogan	"Your Hit Music Now!"
Frequency	99.9 (MHz) simulcast of KIOA 93.3-HD2
First air date	2011
Format	Rhythmic CHR
ERP	250 watts
HAAT	299.4 m (982 ft)
Class	D
Facility ID	152401
Owner	Saga Communications
Website	hits999fm.com

K260AM ("Hits 99.9") is a rhythmic contemporary radio station serving the Des Moines, Iowa area of the USA. It broadcasts at 99.9 on the FM dial and on HD Radio subchannel KIOA 93.3-HD2. The station's studios are located at 1416 Locust Street in Des Moines along with Saga Communications' other Des Moines stations (KSTZ, KIOA, KAZR, KLTI-FM, KRNT and KPSZ). The station is also a reporter in Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' overall Top 40 panel due to being a contributor on the BDS Rhythmic Top 40 panel.^[1]

Station history

The station signed on as a translator for KSTZ in September 2011, but after it was announced that KZHZ "Hits 105.9" and its rhythmic format was sold to Iowa Public Radio a month earlier in August, Saga Communications quietly acquired the format and intellectual property from Connoisseur Media (KZHZ's parent company) and announced on October 25, 2011, that it would relaunch the format on both KIOA 93.3-HD2 and on translator 99.9, on the closing of KZHZ's sale to IPR.^[2] Hits 99.9 officially signed on on Thursday, October 27, 2011, after stunting with kissing sound effects, poking fun at its competitor KKDM "Kiss 107.5" which remains the second top station in the market and is the clear channel station which still is a member of Arbitron.

References

↑ BDS monitored radio panel update
↑ "Hits Moving In Des Moines" from Radioinsight (October 25, 2011)

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v t e Radio stations in the Des Moines-Ames, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 96.3 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	640 940 1040 1150 1260 1310 1350 1430 1460 1490 1590 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	K260AM KASI KAZR KBGG KCCQ KDFR KDLF KDLS KDLS-FM KDPS KDRB KFMG-LP KGGO KGVC-LP KHKI KICG KICJ KICL KICP KIOA KJJY KJMC KKDM KLTI-FM KNSL KNWI KNWM KPSZ KPTL KPUL KRNT KSTZ KTIA-FM KURE KWBG KWDM KWKY KWQW KXIA KXLQ KXNO WHO WOI WOI-FM WXL57

Defunct	KCBC-FM

Iowa radio markets Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Council Bluffs Des Moines-Ames Quad Cities (Davenport) Sioux City Waterloo-Cedar Falls Other Iowa radio regions Burlington Dubuque Fort Dodge Mason City Ottumwa See also List of radio stations in Iowa

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Television stations	KAVU-TV (ABC) KOAM-TV (CBS) KFJX (Fox)¹ KVCT (Fox)¹ KXTS-LD (CBS) KMOL-LD (NBC) KVTX-LP (TMD) KUNU-LP (UNI)

¹ Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.

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