KWLO
| City of license | Waterloo, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Waterloo and Vicinity |
| Branding | Oldies 1330 |
| Slogan | "Where All The Stars Have Gone!" |
| Frequency | 1330 kHz |
| First air date | November 4, 1947 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | WaterLOo |
| Former callsigns | KWWL (1947-1980) |
| Affiliations | Kool Gold (Dial Global) UNI Sports Network |
| Owner | Bahakel Communications (KXEL Broadcasting Company, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KFMW, KOKZ, KXEL |
| Website | www.oldies1330kwlo.com |
KWLO (1330 AM, "Oldies 1330") is a radio station serving the Waterloo/Cedar Rapids metropolitan area with an oldies format fed from Dial Global's "Kool Gold" satellite feed. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1330 kHz and is under ownership of Bahakel Communications. KWLO is also the flagship station of the University of Northern Iowa Sports Network.
[edit] History
On June 12, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit to Black Hawk Broadcasting Company for a radio station in Waterloo, Iowa. Less than five months later, Black Hawk President R.J. McElroy has made the launch of KWWL-AM a reality. The station began broadcasting on AM frequency 1320, operating at 1,000 watts of power in studio space once occupied by WMT-AM in the Hotel Russell Lamson. The dial setting changed to 1330 a short time later, operating at 5,000 watts. KWWL-AM was a very popular Top 40 station until the format moved to co-owned sister station KFMW in 1982. KWLO's format moved from adult contemporary and oldies before settling into its current format. For a time, it was syndicating a combined Oldies/Standards format courtesy of Citadel Media's "Timeless" satellite feed. With that network's demise on February 13, 2010, KWLO slightly tweaked their format and switched over to Dial Global's "Kool Gold" network.
McElroy formed KWWL-TV in 1953 and KWWL-FM (now KFMW) in 1968. In 1980, KWWL-AM became KWLO with the sale of the Black Hawk Broadcasting Company to Forward Communications. The current owner is Bahakel Communications.
[edit] External links
- KWLO's official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KWLO
- Radio-Locator Information on KWLO
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KWLO
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