KNIA

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KNIA

| logo =

| logo_size =

| city = Knoxville, Iowa

| area = Knoxville/Pella, Iowa

| branding = Real Country AM 1320

| frequency = 1320 kHz

| translator = 94.3 K232FR (Indianola)
95.3 K237DH (Knoxville)

| airdate = 1960

| format = Country

| power = 500 watts day
222 watts night

| class = D

| facility_id = 39463

| coordinates = {{coord|41|19|50|N|93|06|34|W}}

| callsign_meaning = KNoxville, IowA

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = AP News

| owner = M and H Broadcasting, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations = KRLS

| webcast = [http://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KNIA Listen Live]

| website = [http://kniakrls.com/ kniakrls.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KNIA (1320 AM "Real Country AM 1320") is a commercial radio station licensed to Knoxville, Iowa, United States. The station airs a country radio format and is owned by M and H Broadcasting, Inc. Programming is also heard on two FM translator stations: 95.3 K237DH in Knoxville and 94.3 K232FR in Indianola.

KNIA includes local news and information in its weekday schedule.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=2010-03-01 }} On Sundays, Southern Gospel music and other religious programming is aired. KNIA also broadcasts local high school football and basketball games.

History

Forrest ("Frosty") Mitchell put KNIA on the air in 1960.{{cite book |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |title=Decision and Reports, March 1973 to June 1973 |year=1974 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGA6AAAAMAAJ&q=KNIA+Knoxville |page=597}} In September 1964, Mitchell Broadcasting Corporation (Forrest J. Mitchell Jr., president) announced the sale of KNIA to Stevens Radio Corporation.{{cite news |work=The Jefferson Bee |title=Stevens purchasing station |date=September 15, 1964 |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=knia%20knoxville&img=\\na0001\244695\2653359_clean.html |page=1}}

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.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19921228EA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=180201 |date=March 1, 1993}}

File:KNIA-AM logo.png

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