KXEL

KXEL

City	Waterloo, Iowa
Broadcast area	Waterloo/Cedar Rapids
Branding	KXEL News/Talk 1540
Slogan	"The Voice of Eastern Iowa" "News Talk 1540 KXEL"
Frequency	1540 kHz
First air date	July 14, 1942
Format	News/Talk
Power	50,000 watts
Class	A (clear channel)
Facility ID	35950
Callsign meaning	K EXcEL
Affiliations	Fox News UNI Panther Sports Network
Owner	NRG Media (NRG License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	KFMW, KOKZ, KPTY
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kxel.com

KXEL (branded as News/Talk 1540) is a Class A, Clear channel AM radio station serving the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas with a News/Talk format. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1540 kHz and is under ownership of NRG Radio, LLC. KXEL is also the flagship station of the University of Northern Iowa Panther Sports Network.

History

KXEL was first created by Don E. Kassner, who worked for Joe Dumond. This station began their broadcasts on July 14, 1942 and was the first radio facility in the United States to be granted 50,000 watts of power with its original license. It began airing ABC programming from pop hits of the 1940s. KXEL also featured country music programming before switching to its current news/talk format. Dumond later sold KXEL to career broadcaster Egmont Sonderling, then on November 9, 1958, Sonderling signed the papers transferring KXEL's license to Cy N. Bahakel. Woodward Broadcasting owned the station between 2011 and December 2014 before selling it, and its sister stations, to current owner, Cedar Rapids-based NRG Media LLC.

KXEL-FM

On November 16, 1947, KXEL-FM began broadcasting in Waterloo on 105.7 MHz. It was licensed to Josh Higgins Broadcasting Company, which also held the license for KXEL.^[1]

Television station try

In the early 1950s, KXEL filed for the channel 7 television license in Waterloo. However, Waterloo's other powerhouse radio station, KWWL (now KPTY, a sister station to KXEL) wanted the license as well. KXEL and KWWL went to court and battled it out. In the meantime, KXEL built a radio/television studio. This studio was mainly useless because KWWL won the lawsuit and signed on KWWL-TV on Thanksgiving Day 1953.

Program schedule

Weekdays

12am-4am: Red Eye Radio
4am-5am: America In The Morning
5am-8am: The KXEL Morning News
8am-11am: Laura Ingraham
11am-2pm: Rush Limbaugh
2pm-5pm: The Bob Bruce Radio Experience - "BBRE"
5pm-6pm: On Press Row with "The Sports Guy" Gary Rima
6pm-9pm: Mark Levin
9pm-12am: Jim Bohannon

Weekends Include The Following Programs

University of Northern Iowa Sports (in season)
Red Eye Radio (overnight)
Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline
The Iowa Watch Connection
The KXEL Weekend Morning News
The BBRE Week in Review
The Kim Komando Show
Real Estate Today
The Weekend with Joe Pags
KXEL Classic Radio Theater (Sat 6pm - Midnight)
Iowa This Week
The IowaWatch Connection
Iowa This Week
Handel on the Law
Both Sides Now
Fox News Sunday
Jill Schlesinger on Money
Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham

References

↑ "KXEL-FM Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 24, 1947. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KXEL

Radio-Locator Information on KXEL

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KXEL

Radio stations in the Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 90.9 92.3 93.5 94.5 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 101.9 102.9 105.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	600 640 950 1040 1090 1250 1330 1470 1540 1650

By callsign	K259AV K297BS KBOL-LP KBBG KCFI KCNZ KCRR KCVM KFMW KHKE KKHQ-FM KNWS KNWS-FM KOEL KOEL-FM KOKZ KPTY KULT-LP KUNI KWAY KWAY-FM KWVI KXEL KZIA WHO WOI WMT

Defunct	KXGM 850 AM

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Des Moines–Ames Dubuque Ft. Dodge La Crosse Mason City Rochester Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Radio stations in the Cedar Rapids–Iowa City market

By AM frequency	600 800 860 910 1040 1360 1380 1450 1540 1600 1630

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.9 91.7 92.3 93.1 94.1 95.7 96.5 98.1 99.1 99.7 100.7 101.9 102.9 104.5 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.45 162.475

By callsign	KBEA-FM KCCK-FM KCII KCII-FM KCJJ KDAT KFMW KGYM KHAK KJY64 KKHQ-FM KKRQ KKSY-FM KMJM KMRY KNWS-FM KOKZ KOSY-FM KRNA KRQN KRUI-FM KSKB KSUI KUNI KWPC KXEL KXGM KXIC KZIA WHO WMT WSUI WXL61

Nearby radio markets Burlington Dubuque Des Moines–Ames Fort Dodge Ottumwa Quad Cities Waterloo–Cedar Falls See also List of radio stations in Iowa

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Iowa

Stations	KBIZ – Ottumwa KCFI – Cedar Falls KDTH – Dubuque KFJB – Marshalltown KGLO – Mason City KICD – Spencer KILR – Estherville KSCJ – Sioux City KSDE-LP – De Soto KWBG – Boone KXEL – Waterloo KXIC – Iowa City WDBQ – Dubuque WHO – Des Moines WMT – Cedar Rapids WOC – Davenport

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Iowa

Clear-channel stations

These AM radio stations have a full-power nighttime skywave signal well beyond their daytime groundwave coverage, by international agreements.

Canada	CBEF CBK CBN CBR CBT CBW CBY CFRB CFZM CJBC CKAC CKDO CKGM CKWX

United States	KAAY KBBI KBRW KBYR KCBF KCHU KDKA KDLG KENI KEX KFAB KFAQ KFAR KFBK KFI KFQD KGO KICY KIRO KJNP KMOX KNBR KNOM KNX KNZR KOA KOAN KOKC KOMO KOTZ KRLD KSL KSTP KVNT KWKH KXEL KYUK KYW WABC WBAL WBAP WBBM WBBR WBT WBZ WCBS WCCO WCKY WFAN WFED WFME WGN WGY WHAM WHAS WHO WJR WLAC WLS WLW WMVP WOAI WOR WPHT WRVA WSB WSCR WSM WTAM WTIC WWKB WWL WWVA

Mexico	XEB XEEP XEG XEMR XEPRS XEQ XERF XEROK XERUV XEW XEWA XEWK XEWW XEX

Bahamas	ZNS-1

By frequency	540 (SK) 540 (NL) 540 (S.L.P.) 640 (NL) 640 (CA) 640 (AK) 650 (AK) 650 (TN) 660 (AK) 660 (NY) 670 (AK) 670 (IL) 680 (AK) 680 (CA) 690 (B.C.) 690 (QC) 700 (AK) 700 (OH) 710 (WA) 710 (NY) 720 (AK) 720 (IL) 730 (QC) 730 (D.F.) 740 (ON) 750 (AK) 750 (GA) 760 (MI) 770 (AK) 770 (NY) 780 (AK) 780 (IL) 800 (Chih.) 810 (CA) 810 (NY) 820 (AK) 820 (TX) 830 (MN) 840 (KY) 850 (AK) 850 (CO) 860 (ON) 870 (LA) 880 (NY) 890 (AK) 890 (IL) 900 (D.F.) 940 (D.F.) 990 (MB) 990 (NF) 1000 (IL) 1000 (WA) 1010 (AB) 1010 (ON) 1020 (AK) 1020 (PA) 1030 (MA) 1040 (IA) 1050 (N.L.) 1060 (PA) 1060 (D.F.) 1070 (CA) 1080 (AK) 1080 (CT) 1080 (TX) 1090 (AR) 1090 (MD) 1090 (B.C.) 1100 (OH) 1110 (NC) 1110 (NE) 1120 (MO) 1130 (BC) 1130 (LA) 1130 (NY) 1140 (VA) 1140 (N.L.) 1160 (UT) 1170 (AK) 1170 (OK) 1170 (WV) 1180 (NY) 1190 (OR) 1190 (Jal.) 1200 (TX) 1210 (PA) 1220 (D.F.) 1500 (DC) 1500 (MN) 1510 (TN) 1520 (NY) 1520 (OK) 1530 (CA) 1530 (OH) 1540 (IA) 1540 (Bah.) 1550 (ON) 1550 (Ver.) 1560 (CA) 1560 (NY) 1570 (Coah.) 1580 (ON)

See also Daytime-only radio stations

NRG Media

Illinois	WCMY WIXN WJBD-FM WRCV WRKX WSEY WSIQ

Iowa	KFMW KOKZ KPTY KQKQ-FM KXEL

Nebraska	KBBK KFGE KGFW KLIN KLNC KMMQ KOIL KOOO KOPW KOZN KQKY KRNY KROR KSYZ-FM KZOT

Wisconsin	WBCV WFAW WGLX-FM WHDG WHTQ WKCH WLKD WMQA-FM WOBT WRHN WRLO-FM WSJY WYTE

Coordinates: 42°10′46″N 92°18′15″W / 42.17944°N 92.30417°W / 42.17944; -92.30417

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