KNIA
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| City | Knoxville, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Knoxville/Pella, Iowa |
| Branding | Real Country AM 1320 |
| Slogan | "Today's News, Yesterday's Music" |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | 1960 |
| Format | Country/News |
| Power | 500 watts (day) 222 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 39463 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°19′50″N 93°06′34″W / 41.33056°N 93.10944°W |
| Callsign meaning | KNoxville, IowA |
| Owner | M and H Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KRLS |
| Website | kniakrls.com |
KNIA (1320 AM \ 95.3 FM, "Real Country AM 1320") is a full-service radio station licensed to serve Knoxville, Iowa, USA. The station is owned by M and H Broadcasting, Inc.
KNIA broadcasts a country music format with news and other public affairs programming. On Sundays, Gospel music and other religious programming is aired.
Forrest Mitchell put KNIA on the air in 1960. In September 1964, Mitchell Broadcasting Corporation (Forrest J. Mitchell Jr., president) announced the sale of KNIA to Stevens Radio Corporation.
Former employees include:
Ed Hanna, General Manager (late 1970s) Melvin Knowles, Chief Engineer (1970s - 1980s) Diana Brewer, Sales Manager (late 1970s) Dwight 'Skip' Anderson, Program Director (Late 1970s)
In December 1992, Leighton Enterprises, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to M and H Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 23, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 1993.
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