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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KRNA
| name = KRNA
| image =
| logo =
| city = [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
| city = [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
| area = Cedar Rapids
| area = [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
| branding = ''94.1 KRNA''
| branding = 94.1 KRNA
| slogan = Iowa's Alternative
| frequency = 94.1 [[MHz]]
| frequency = 94.1 [[MHz]]
| airdate = October 4, [[1974 in radio|1974]] (at 93.5)
| repeater =
| format = [[Classic rock]]
| airdate = October 4, [[1974 in radio|1974]]
| erp = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| format = [[Active rock]]
| haat = {{convert|299|m|ft|sp=us}}
| erp = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| class = C1
| haat = {{convert|299|m|ft|sp=us}}
| facility_id = 35555
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| coordinates = {{coord|41|45|0|N|91|50|16|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| class = C1
| facility_id = 35555
| callsign_meaning =
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| former_callsigns =
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| coordinates = {{coord|41|45|0|N|91|50|16|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| former_frequencies = 93.5 MHz (1974–1979)<br>93.9 MHz (1979–1991)
| callsign_meaning =
| affiliations = [[Compass Media Networks]]
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| former_callsigns =
| affiliations =
| owner = [[Townsquare Media]]
| owner = [[Townsquare Media]]
| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC
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| sister_stations = [[KDAT]], [[KHAK]]
| licensee = Townsquare Media Cedar Rapids License, LLC
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| webcast = [https://krna.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]
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| sister_stations = [[KDAT]], [[KHAK]], [[KRQN]]
| webcast = [http://krna.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://krna.com/ krna.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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| website = [http://www.krna.com/ krna.com]
}}
}}

'''KRNA''' is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Iowa City, Iowa]], with studios in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]. The transmitter for the station is located west of [[Oxford, Iowa]]. The station currently has an [[modern rock]]/[[alternative rock|alternative]] format. The station is currently owned by [[Townsquare Media]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KRNA |title=KRNA Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |accessdate=2010-09-03}}</ref>
'''KRNA''' (94.1&nbsp;[[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[classic rock]]-formatted [[radio station]] licensed to [[Iowa City, Iowa]]. The station is currently owned by [[Townsquare Media]]. KRNA's studios located in the Alliant Energy Building in Downtown [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]], and their transmitter is located west of [[Oxford, Iowa|Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KRNA |title=KRNA Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |access-date=2010-09-03}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
In 1971, a group of [[University of Iowa]] students formed a company known as Communicators Inc. of Iowa that aimed "to put together a radio station with a major market sound in what was basically a small-to-medium market."<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeff|last=Stein|title=Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|publisher=WDG Communications|year=2004|pages=109|isbn=0-9718323-1-5}}</ref> At the time, [[frequency modulation|FM]] radio stations in Iowa were primarily used for [[beautiful music]] formats or repeater signals for co-owned [[amplitude modulation|AM]] stations while [[popular music]] was played on AM stations. By 1974, Communicators Inc. of Iowa had been renamed KRNA, Inc., and the company was granted [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] approval to begin broadcasting. KRNA began broadcasting at 93.5 FM on October 4, 1974. (KRNA later moved to 93.9 FM in 1979 before moving to its present 94.1 FM in 1991.) By January 1975, [[Arbitron]] telephone surveys showed that nearly half of local radio listeners were turned into KRNA. As part of its "major market sound", KRNA pre-recorded its commercial announcements during a time when most commercials were read live on the air, and it also broadcast 24 hours a day while other radio stations signed off during the overnight hours for equipment maintenance.<ref>Stein, 111.</ref>
In 1971, a group of [[University of Iowa]] students formed a company known as Communicators Inc. of Iowa that aimed "to put together a radio station with a major market sound in what was basically a small-to-medium market."<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeff|last=Stein|title=Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|publisher=WDG Communications|year=2004|pages=109|isbn=0-9718323-1-5}}</ref> At the time, [[frequency modulation|FM]] radio stations in Iowa were primarily used for [[beautiful music]] formats or repeater signals for co-owned [[amplitude modulation|AM]] stations while [[popular music]] was played on AM stations. By 1974, Communicators Inc. of Iowa had been renamed KRNA, Inc., and the company was granted [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] approval to begin broadcasting. KRNA began broadcasting at 93.5 FM on October 4, 1974. (KRNA later moved to 93.9 FM in 1979 before moving to its present 94.1 FM at 9 a.m. on October 14, 1991.) By January 1975, [[Arbitron]] telephone surveys showed that nearly half of local radio listeners were tuned into KRNA. As part of its "major market sound", KRNA pre-recorded its commercial announcements during a time when most commercials were read live on the air, and it also broadcast 24 hours a day while other radio stations signed off during the overnight hours for equipment maintenance.<ref>Stein, 111.</ref>


In 1994, KRNA purchased the former [[KZIA|KQCR]] radio (102.9 FM) in Cedar Rapids to create the area's first radio [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]]. After reformatting KQCR as [[country music]] station KXMX, owners Rob Norton and Eliot Keller agreed to sell KRNA and KXMX to Capstar Broadcasting in 1998. While the KRNA sale was successful, Capstar terminated the agreement to buy KXMX.<ref>{{cite news|first=George C|last=Ford|title=KRNA buy OK'd after KXMX deal nixed|work=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]|date=1998-06-09|page=8B}}</ref> (Norton and Keller kept KXMX, renaming it [[KZIA]] and changing the station's format to [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]].) AMFM, Inc., acquired Capstar in 1999, and [[Clear Channel Communications]] acquired AMFM in 2000; however, KRNA was sold to [[Cumulus Media]] that year since Clear Channel already owned a group of stations in eastern Iowa.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lyle|last=Muller|title=Dial spins on radio station ownership|work=The Gazette|date=2000-03-12|page=B1}}</ref> Today, KRNA broadcasts from the [[APAC Customer Services|APAC]] building in downtown Cedar Rapids with Cumulus-owned stations [[KHAK]], [[KDAT]], and [[KRQN]].
When the early 1980s rolled along, KRNA began tweaking its Top 40 format with a more rock connection. In June 1985, the station dropped its rock-leaned Top 40 format for [[album oriented rock|AOR]]. In 1994, KRNA purchased [[KZIA|KQCR]] (102.9 FM) in Cedar Rapids, the area's longtime dominant CHR station, to create the area's first radio [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]]. After reformatting KQCR as [[country music]] station KXMX, owners Rob Norton and Eliot Keller agreed to sell KRNA and KXMX to Capstar Broadcasting in 1998. While the KRNA sale was successful, Capstar terminated the agreement to buy KXMX.<ref>{{cite news|first=George C|last=Ford|title=KRNA buy OK'd after KXMX deal nixed|work=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]|date=1998-06-09|page=8B}}</ref> (Norton and Keller kept KXMX, renaming it [[KZIA]] and changing the station's format to [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]].) AMFM, Inc., acquired Capstar in 1999, and [[Clear Channel Communications]] acquired AMFM in 2000; however, KRNA was sold to [[Cumulus Media]] that year since Clear Channel already owned a group of stations in eastern Iowa.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lyle|last=Muller|title=Dial spins on radio station ownership|work=The Gazette|date=2000-03-12|page=B1}}</ref>


In 2004 KRNA's format shifted from [[classic rock]] to [[active rock]], adopting the nickname "Real Rock 94.1". That year, former [[KFMW]] morning DJ's Lou Waters and Scott Steele became the station's morning-drive [[disc jockey]]s. Lou and Scott were replaced by [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]-based DJ's Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels in January 2007. [[Dwyer and Michaels]] joined KRNA as the result of a [[non-compete clause]] that prevented them from working at any station in the [[Quad Cities]] market for six months after their contract with Clear Channel Communications expired at the end of 2006. Dwyer and Michaels, who had previously worked with [[WXLP]] and [[KCQQ]] radio in the Quad Cities, rejoined Cumulus-owned WXLP on July 13, 2007, but continued to simulcast their show on KRNA until late 2008. Clear Channel sued Dwyer and Michaels in February 2007, claiming that KRNA was audible in the Quad Cities area and the duo was actively promoting the show in the Quad Cities. On March 1, 2007, a [[Scott County, Iowa|Scott County]] judge ruled that Dwyer and Michaels did not violate the clause since [[Arbitron]] did not consider the Quad Cities part of KRNA's market area.<ref>{{cite news|author=Radio Online|title=Judge Rules for Dwyer & Michaels in Non-Compete Case|url=http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=n16245|date=2007-03-02}}</ref>
In 2004, KRNA's format shifted from [[classic rock]] to [[active rock]], adopting the nickname "Real Rock 94.1". That year, former [[KFMW]] morning DJs Lou Waters and Scott Steele became the station's morning-drive [[disc jockey]]s. Lou and Scott were replaced by [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]-based DJs Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels in January 2007. [[Dwyer and Michaels]] joined KRNA as the result of a [[non-compete clause]] that prevented them from working at any station in the [[Quad Cities]] market for six months after their contract with Clear Channel Communications expired at the end of 2006. Dwyer and Michaels, who had previously worked with [[WXLP]] and [[KCQQ]] radio in the Quad Cities, rejoined Cumulus-owned WXLP on July 13, 2007, but continued to simulcast their show on KRNA until late 2008. Clear Channel sued Dwyer and Michaels in February 2007, claiming that KRNA was audible in the Quad Cities area and the duo was actively promoting the show in the Quad Cities. On March 1, 2007, a [[Scott County, Iowa|Scott County]] judge ruled that Dwyer and Michaels did not violate the clause since [[Arbitron]] did not consider the Quad Cities part of KRNA's market area.<ref>{{cite news|author=Radio Online|title=Judge Rules for Dwyer & Michaels in Non-Compete Case|url=http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=n16245|date=2007-03-02}}</ref> Dwyer and Michaels would return to KRNA in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://97x.com/hello-cleveland-the-dwyer-and-michaels-show-added-to-krna/|title = Hello Cleveland! The Dwyer and Michaels Show Added to KRNA}}</ref>


For many years, KRNA was known for distributing free posters of the [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] men's basketball team at live remote broadcasts. This tradition began in the late 1970s, and while the posters are now sold by the University of Iowa athletic department, they continue to be printed under the sponsorship of KZIA.<ref>Stein, 54.</ref>
For many years, KRNA was known for distributing free posters of the [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] men's basketball team at live remote broadcasts. This tradition began in the late 1970s, and while the posters are now sold by the University of Iowa athletic department, they continue to be printed under the sponsorship of KZIA.<ref>Stein, 54.</ref>


On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which [[Townsquare Media]] would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including KRNA, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of [[Dial Global]]; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by [[Oaktree Capital Management]].<ref name=aa-cumulustownsquarepeak>{{cite news|title=Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121835/official-cumulus-buys-dial-global-spins-some-stati|accessdate=August 30, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ri-cumulustownsquarepeak>{{cite news|title=Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84851/are-these-the-markets-in-the-cumulustownsquaredial-global-deal/|accessdate=August 30, 2013|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.<ref name=aa-cumulustownsquarefinal>{{cite news|title=Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124346/cumulus-townsquare-peak-deal-closes|accessdate=November 16, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=November 15, 2013}}</ref>
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which [[Townsquare Media]] would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including KRNA, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of [[Dial Global]]; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by [[Oaktree Capital Management]].<ref name=aa-cumulustownsquarepeak>{{cite news|title=Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121835/official-cumulus-buys-dial-global-spins-some-stati|access-date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ri-cumulustownsquarepeak>{{cite news|title=Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84851/are-these-the-markets-in-the-cumulustownsquaredial-global-deal/|access-date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.<ref name=aa-cumulustownsquarefinal>{{cite news|title=Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124346/cumulus-townsquare-peak-deal-closes|access-date=November 16, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=November 15, 2013}}</ref>


On September 5, 2014, KRNA adjusted its playlist to include more songs from the [[alternative rock]] genre.<ref>[http://krna.com/iowas-alternative-is-on-the-air/ Iowa's Alternative is on the Air!]</ref>
On September 5, 2014, KRNA adjusted its playlist to include more songs from the [[alternative rock]] genre.<ref>[http://krna.com/iowas-alternative-is-on-the-air/ Iowa's Alternative is on the Air!]</ref>

At 5 p.m. on August 12, 2016, KRNA shifted back to [[classic rock]].<ref>[http://krna.com/94-1-krna-brings-classic-rock-that-rocks-back-to-the-corridor/ 94.1 KRNA Brings Classic Rock That Rocks Back to The Corridor]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.krna.com KRNA website]
*[http://www.krna.com KRNA website]

*[http://www.2dorks.com Dwyer and Michaels Website]
*[http://www.2dorks.com Dwyer and Michaels Website]
*{{FM station data|KRNA}}
*{{FM station data|35555|KRNA}}


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Latest revision as of 00:47, 13 July 2024

KRNA
Broadcast areaCedar Rapids, Iowa
Frequency94.1 MHz
Branding94.1 KRNA
Programming
FormatClassic rock
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
KDAT, KHAK
History
First air date
October 4, 1974 (at 93.5)
Former frequencies
93.5 MHz (1974–1979)
93.9 MHz (1979–1991)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35555
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT299 meters (981 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°45′0″N 91°50′16″W / 41.75000°N 91.83778°W / 41.75000; -91.83778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekrna.com

KRNA (94.1 FM) is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to Iowa City, Iowa. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. KRNA's studios located in the Alliant Energy Building in Downtown Cedar Rapids, and their transmitter is located west of Oxford.[2]

History

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In 1971, a group of University of Iowa students formed a company known as Communicators Inc. of Iowa that aimed "to put together a radio station with a major market sound in what was basically a small-to-medium market."[3] At the time, FM radio stations in Iowa were primarily used for beautiful music formats or repeater signals for co-owned AM stations while popular music was played on AM stations. By 1974, Communicators Inc. of Iowa had been renamed KRNA, Inc., and the company was granted FCC approval to begin broadcasting. KRNA began broadcasting at 93.5 FM on October 4, 1974. (KRNA later moved to 93.9 FM in 1979 before moving to its present 94.1 FM at 9 a.m. on October 14, 1991.) By January 1975, Arbitron telephone surveys showed that nearly half of local radio listeners were tuned into KRNA. As part of its "major market sound", KRNA pre-recorded its commercial announcements during a time when most commercials were read live on the air, and it also broadcast 24 hours a day while other radio stations signed off during the overnight hours for equipment maintenance.[4]

When the early 1980s rolled along, KRNA began tweaking its Top 40 format with a more rock connection. In June 1985, the station dropped its rock-leaned Top 40 format for AOR. In 1994, KRNA purchased KQCR (102.9 FM) in Cedar Rapids, the area's longtime dominant CHR station, to create the area's first radio duopoly. After reformatting KQCR as country music station KXMX, owners Rob Norton and Eliot Keller agreed to sell KRNA and KXMX to Capstar Broadcasting in 1998. While the KRNA sale was successful, Capstar terminated the agreement to buy KXMX.[5] (Norton and Keller kept KXMX, renaming it KZIA and changing the station's format to contemporary hits.) AMFM, Inc., acquired Capstar in 1999, and Clear Channel Communications acquired AMFM in 2000; however, KRNA was sold to Cumulus Media that year since Clear Channel already owned a group of stations in eastern Iowa.[6]

In 2004, KRNA's format shifted from classic rock to active rock, adopting the nickname "Real Rock 94.1". That year, former KFMW morning DJs Lou Waters and Scott Steele became the station's morning-drive disc jockeys. Lou and Scott were replaced by Davenport-based DJs Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels in January 2007. Dwyer and Michaels joined KRNA as the result of a non-compete clause that prevented them from working at any station in the Quad Cities market for six months after their contract with Clear Channel Communications expired at the end of 2006. Dwyer and Michaels, who had previously worked with WXLP and KCQQ radio in the Quad Cities, rejoined Cumulus-owned WXLP on July 13, 2007, but continued to simulcast their show on KRNA until late 2008. Clear Channel sued Dwyer and Michaels in February 2007, claiming that KRNA was audible in the Quad Cities area and the duo was actively promoting the show in the Quad Cities. On March 1, 2007, a Scott County judge ruled that Dwyer and Michaels did not violate the clause since Arbitron did not consider the Quad Cities part of KRNA's market area.[7] Dwyer and Michaels would return to KRNA in October 2020.[8]

For many years, KRNA was known for distributing free posters of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team at live remote broadcasts. This tradition began in the late 1970s, and while the posters are now sold by the University of Iowa athletic department, they continue to be printed under the sponsorship of KZIA.[9]

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including KRNA, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[10][11] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[12]

On September 5, 2014, KRNA adjusted its playlist to include more songs from the alternative rock genre.[13]

At 5 p.m. on August 12, 2016, KRNA shifted back to classic rock.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRNA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KRNA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  3. ^ Stein, Jeff (2004). Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: WDG Communications. p. 109. ISBN 0-9718323-1-5.
  4. ^ Stein, 111.
  5. ^ Ford, George C (1998-06-09). "KRNA buy OK'd after KXMX deal nixed". The Gazette. p. 8B.
  6. ^ Muller, Lyle (2000-03-12). "Dial spins on radio station ownership". The Gazette. p. B1.
  7. ^ Radio Online (2007-03-02). "Judge Rules for Dwyer & Michaels in Non-Compete Case".
  8. ^ "Hello Cleveland! The Dwyer and Michaels Show Added to KRNA".
  9. ^ Stein, 54.
  10. ^ "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  11. ^ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  12. ^ "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  13. ^ Iowa's Alternative is on the Air!
  14. ^ 94.1 KRNA Brings Classic Rock That Rocks Back to The Corridor
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