KDHK

{{short description|Radio station in Decorah, Iowa}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KDHK

| logo =

| city = Decorah, Iowa

| area = Decorah, Iowa

| branding = 100.5 The Hawk

| frequency = 100.5 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| translator = {{Radio Relay|99.1|K256CS|Waukon|HD2}}

| airdate = January 13, 1986 (as KRDI-FM)

| format = Hot adult contemporary

| subchannels = HD2: AC "The River" KDEC
HD3: Classic hits KVIK

| erp = 42,000 watts

| haat = 162 meters

| class = C2

| facility_id = 16367

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning = K Decorah's HawK

| former_callsigns = KRDI-FM (1986–1994)
KDEC-FM (1994–2019)

| affiliations = ABC News Radio

| owner = LA Communications, Inc.

| sister_stations = KDEC, KNEI-FM, KVIK

| webcast = [https://player.listenlive.co/63491 Listen Live]

| website = [https://www.thehawkfm.com thehawkfm.com]

}}

KDHK (100.5 FM) is a hot adult contemporary radio station in Decorah, Iowa. KDHK is also the home for the Iowa Hawkeyes, broadcasting Iowa Hawkeyes football and basketball.

History

The station's original call letters were KRDI-FM, assigned in 1986. On May 1, 2009, KDEC-FM began streaming online at kdecradio.net.

On October 1, 2019, KDEC-FM changed their format from adult album alternative to mainstream rock, branded as "Hawk Rawk" under new KDHK calls and began streaming online at hawkrawk.com.[http://www.northpine.com/blog/2019/09/30/two-format-changes-follow-ne-iowa-station-sale/ Two Format Changes Follow NE Iowa Station Sale]

On May 8, 2021, KDHK starting broadcasting in HD Radio.

On January 1, 2025, KDHK changed their format from mainstream rock to hot adult contemporary, branded as "100.5 The Hawk".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/290750/a-new-hawk-lands-at-kdhk/ A New Hawk Lands at KDHK] Radioinsight - January 1, 2025

HD Radio sub-channels

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!Subchannel{{Cite web|title=Iowa AM Station Returns License, Programming Continues on FM – Upper Midwest Broadcasting|url=https://www.northpine.com/blog/2021/06/09/iowa-am-station-returns-license-programming-continues-on-fm-translators/|access-date=2021-09-11|language=en-US}}

!Name

!Format

!Translator(s)

100.5 HD1

|100.5 The Hawk

|Hot adult contemporary

|

100.5 HD2

|The River

|Adult contemporary

|99.1 FM K256CS Waukon, Iowa

100.5 HD3

|KVIK

|Classic hits

|

References

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