KDSN-FM

KDSN-FM
City Denison, Iowa
Frequency 107.1 (MHz)
First air date 1968
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 92 m (302 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 39381
Transmitter coordinates Coordinates: 42°02′10″N 95°19′44″W / 42.03611°N 95.32889°W / 42.03611; -95.32889
Owner University of Northwestern - St. Paul
(UNW MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC.)
Sister stations KDSN (AM), KGBI-FM(100.7 FM) Omaha, NE via K285ET(104.9 FM) Kiron, IA
Website www.kdsnradio.com

KDSN-FM (107.1 FM) is a commercial radio station that serves the Denison, Iowa area. The station broadcasts an Adult Contemporary format. KDSN-FM is licensed to UNW MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC which is owned by University of Northwestern - St. Paul. [1]

According to the KDSN website, the FM station began broadcasting in 1968. [2]

The transmitter and broadcast tower are located on the northeast side of Denison. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is 74 m (243 ft) tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the 72 m (236 ft) level. [3] The calculated Height Above Average Terrain is 92 m (302 ft). The FM antenna array is a FML-2E-HW manufactured by ERI. [4]

A recent post on "Upper Midwest Broadcasting" at northpine.com:

"IOWA: The University of Northwestern-St. Paul is proposing an upgrade to one of its Des Moines area signals and is simultaneously buying a western Iowa station that it would have to modify to allow the Des Moines upgrade.

"Life 107.1" (KNWI Osceola) has applied to upgrade to 100kW/299m (class C1) from a tower south of Winterset, improving the station's rimshot signal to Des Moines. The station has targeted Des Moines for decades, though the capital city is outside of the city-grade contour from its current 30kW/193m (class C2) facility.

To make way for KNWI's upgrade, KDSN-FM/107.1 (Denison) would move to 104.9 but keep its current 6kW facility.

Meanwhile, Northwestern subsidiary UNW Media Holdings LLC has reached an agreement to buy KDSN-FM and KDSN-AM/1530 from Mikadety Radio Corporation for $1.25 million. Mikadety is owned by Michael and Kathy Dudding, who have been with KDSN for 25 years. The stations carry a large amount of local news and farm information, with a mix of Adult Contemporary and Classic Rock on FM and Country and Polka on AM. They deliver the only city-grade signals to Denison.

In September 2018, UNW Media divested the station to JC Van Ginkel, James Field, & Rodney Christensen’s Crawford County Broadcasting for $1.15 million.[5]

Northwestern does not own any other stations outside of rated markets. (4/11/2018)"



References

  1. ↑ FCC Ownership database
  2. ↑ KDSN general information
  3. ↑ FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
  4. ↑ Electronics Research Inc antenna website
  5. ↑ "Station Sales Week Of 9/7: KDSN Gets Divested Soon After Its Acquisition - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.


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