KXNO
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| City | Des Moines, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Branding | 1460 KXNO |
| Slogan | Des Moines' Sports Station |
| Frequency | 1460 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1922 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 12964 |
| Callsign meaning | Football term X's aNd O's |
| Former callsigns | KSO (1925-1989) KGGO (1989-1994) KDMI (1994-2001) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kxno.com |
KXNO is a sports radio station based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is located at 1460 on the AM band. KXNO is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
KXNO's roots can be traced back to KSO ("Keep Serving Others"), a station that first broadcast from Clarinda, Iowa, on November 2, 1925. On June 26, 1931, the Cowles family, publishers of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, bought KSO; they moved the station to Des Moines on November 5, 1932, when it also became an NBC affiliate. At that time, the station broadcast on 1370 kHz with 250 W daytime and 100 W at night and had its studios in the newspaper's building.
After several frequency changes during the station's early years, KSO moved from 1320 to 1430 AM on March 17, 1935; KRNT radio took over KSO's old frequency, while KSO replaced the Cowles-owned KWCR in Cedar Rapids. KSO changed frequencies one last time as part of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement of 1941, moving from 1430 to 1460 AM. KSO and KRNT were both owned by the Cowles family until 1944, when they sold KSO after the FCC ruled that one company could not own two radio stations in the same market.
After several format changes, KSO had a successful country music format from 1974 until September 1, 1989. It then began simulcasting KGGO-FM's rock music format, taking on the KGGO call letters in the process. In 1994, the station became KDMI, broadcasting religious and Spanish language programming.Clear Channel Communications acquired KDMI in 2000. On January 1, 2001, KDMI became KXNO and adopted its current sports radio format. KXNO had two direct competitors — KXTK (now KPSZ, 940 AM) and KJJC (now KNWI, 107.1 FM) — when it became a sports station, but both of its competitors had changed formats by mid-2003. They now compete with 1700 The Champ in Des Moines, a CBS Sports affiliate.
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