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Iowa Public Radio
TypePublic radio network
Country
United States
Programming
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
Public Radio Exchange
American Public Media
Coverage
AvailabilityIowa, parts of Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska
Links
Websitehttp://iowapublicradio.org/

Iowa Public Radio is non-profit entity that operates a radio network in the U.S. state of Iowa that combines the operations of the National Public Radio member stations. They broadcast programs from National Public Radio, Public Radio Exchange and American Public Media, along with local content (notably music) on weekends and evenings.

The network is headquartered in Des Moines, with studios on the ISU campus in Ames, the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City and the UNI campus in Cedar Falls.

History

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For many years, Iowa's three state universities each operated their own set of radio stations, each with slightly different program offerings and coverage areas. The three universities competed somewhat as each station sought to expand its coverage area. In late 2004, the Iowa Board of Regents, which governs the three universities, voted to merge the three radio operations, to consolidate operations. The first network to launch was a "News and Information" service in January 2007, followed by a Classical service in September 2007. Nighttime adult alternative music programming that had already aired on several stations, such as "Night Music" and KUNI's "Live from Studio One", was expanded into a third full service called "Studio One".[1] This matches the network structures maintained by Minnesota Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Radio, which also separate their stations into different networks.

Iowa Public Radio includes WOI and WOI-FM at Iowa State University, WSUI and KSUI at the University of Iowa, and KUNI and KHKE at the University of Northern Iowa. The operations have combined revenues of about $7 million annually and about 60 employees.

Since IPR came into existence decades after FM became popular, the dial was already full in most areas, limiting the potential for new stations and leading to inconsistent coverage. Some cities can receive several IPR stations, while areas of western and southern Iowa can only receive grade B coverage from one of the network's two AM stations during the daytime. This has resulted in ten of IPR's fifteen fully licensed stations carrying a mix of services.

Since its debut, the IPR network has made it a priority to expand its services in western and southern Iowa. Pending applications for new stations would add service in western Iowa, although other organizations are also competing for those frequencies. In addition, eight construction permits have been issued for new stations, many of which will add coverage in southern Iowa. On March 21, 2008, KUNZ in Ottumwa became the IPR network's first new station to begin broadcasting. IPR has since signed on a second Ottumwa station.

In 2008, IPR shut down the individual station web sites, all of which redirect to iowapublicradio.org.

In 2000, The Iowa Board of Regents ended financing of IPR[2] and in 2022 approved the transfer of station licenses to IPR.[3] [4]

Board of directors

Iowa Public Radio is governed by a board of eighteen community directors. Meetings and their committees are open to the public and are held quarterly.

"Board of Directors". Iowa Public Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

Member Stations

Iowa Public Radio programs three different services. All three AM stations in the network carry the News Network. Affiliated FM stations carry one of two services. The News & Studio One Network programs news/talk programming from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Studio One adult alternative music from 7 p.m. - 5 a.m. The Classical Network airs classical music 24 hours a day.

Location Frequency Call sign Format Notes
Ames/Des Moines 640 AM WOI News
Ames/Des Moines 90.1 FM WOI-FM News & Studio One
Ames 104.7 FM K284CN Classical Translator of WOI-FM
Carroll 90.7 FM KNSC News & Studio One
Cedar Falls 89.5 FM KHKE Classical
Cedar Falls 90.9 FM KUNI News & Studio One
Des Moines 97.7 FM K249EJ Classical Translator of KICJ
Des Moines (Mitchellville) 88.9 FM KICJ Classical Serves the eastern Des Moines metro area.
Dubuque 89.7 FM KNSY News & Studio One
Dubuque 101.7 FM K269EK Classical Translator of KSUI
Fort Dodge 91.1 FM KNSK News & Studio One
Iowa City 910 AM WSUI News
Iowa City 91.7 FM KSUI Classical
Iowa City 95.3 FM K237GD News & Studio One Translator of KUNI
Lamoni 97.9 FM KNSL News & Studio One Serves south central Iowa.
Mason City 1010 AM KRNI News
Mason City 91.5 FM KNSM News & Studio One
Mason City 90.7 FM K214BA Classical Translator of KHKE
Ottumwa 91.1 FM KICW Classical
Ottumwa 89.1 FM KNSZ News & Studio One
Patterson 105.9 FM KICP Classical Serves Winterset, Osceola and southwest Des Moines area.
Perry 91.7 FM KICG Classical Serves Ames, Boone and northwest Des Moines area.
Pleasantville 96.3 FM KICL Classical Serves Knoxville and southeast Des Moines area.
Quad Cities (Bettendorf) 91.1 FM KNSB News & Studio One
Quad Cities (Davenport) 94.5 FM K233AA News & Studio One Translator of KUNI
Quad Cities (Eldridge) 102.1 FM K271AF News & Studio One Translator of KUNI

New Station Applications

During a filing window for new stations in the non-commercial portion of the band (88-92 MHz) in October 2007, the Universities that make up Iowa Public Radio applied for new stations in Atlantic, Keokuk, Mason City, Rockwell City, Shenandoah, Sioux City, and Storm Lake. However, all of these applications are in competition with other groups.

References

  1. ^ "Iowa Public Radio - FAQ". 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. ^ "Board of Regents dropping Iowa Public Radio funding". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ^ Giangreco, Leigh (2022-02-24). "Board of regents approves Iowa Public Radio ownership transfer". Current. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  4. ^ "IPR Transfer Request | Board of Regents State of Iowa". www.iowaregents.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
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