KNWI

KNWI, (107.1 FM, "Life 107.1") is a Contemporary Christian radio station, licensed to Osceola, Iowa and serving the Des Moines metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by University of Northwestern – St. Paul in Roseville, Minnesota, a religious university which owns a chain of radio stations around the U.S. KNWI also simulcasts on KNWM at 96.1 FM in Madrid, Iowa,[1] and translator station K264CD at 100.7 FM in downtown Des Moines.

KNWI
CityOsceola, Iowa
Broadcast areaDes Moines metropolitan area Ames, Iowa (KNWM)
BrandingLife 107.1
Frequency107.1 MHz FM
Translator(s)K264CD - 100.7 Des Moines
Repeater(s)KNWM - 96.1 Madrid
First air dateOctober 1, 1982
FormatContemporary Christian music
ERP30,000 watts 100,000 watts CP 6,000 watts KNWM
HAAT193 meters (633 ft)
ClassC2 > C1(CP)
Call sign meaningNorthWestern Iowa
AffiliationsNorthwestern Media
OwnerUniversity of Northwestern – St. Paul
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttp://www.life1071.com

History

The station first signed on the air on October 1, 1982.[2] The call sign was KJJC and the station played country music. It was owned by J. B. Broadcasting, Inc. and it was only powered at 3,000 watts, unable to be heard in the larger Des Moines radio market.

Signal upgrades

Despite targeting Des Moines for decades, the city was outside the station's city-grade contour. In 2018, UNW proposed a modification to KNWI to upgrade it to 100 kW from a tower near Winterset. The move required KDSN-FM 107.1 in Denison to move to 104.9; in order to assure approval, UNW Northwestern subsidiary UNW Media Holdings LLC reached an agreement to buy KDSN-FM and its associated AM KDSN 1530 from Mikadety Radio Corporation for $1.25 million. (In September 2018, UNW Media divested the KDSN stations to JC Van Ginkel, James Field, & Rodney Christensen's Crawford County Broadcasting for $1.15 million.[3]) The frequency changes were approved by the FCC on August 12, 2019.[4]

Translators
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassFCC info
KNWM96.1Madrid, Iowa6,000100 m (330 ft)AFCC
Broadcast translators of KNWI-FM
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
K264CD100.7Des Moines, Iowa99DFCC

    References
    1. https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/knwm
    2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 page B-90
    3. "Station Sales Week Of 9/7: KDSN Gets Divested Soon After Its Acquisition - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
    4. Ellis, Jon (August 12, 2019). "FCC approves upgrade for Des Moines-area Christian FM". Northpine. Retrieved October 2, 2019.



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