KOEL (AM)

KOEL
City	Oelwein, Iowa
Broadcast area	Waterloo-Cedar Falls area
Branding	AM 950 KOEL
Slogan	"News - AG - Sports and Country Legends"
Frequency	950 kHz
Format	News/talk/classic country
Power	5,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	OELwein
Affiliations	ABC News
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Waterloo License, LLC)
Website	koel.com

KOEL (950 AM) is US a radio station serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 950 kHz and is under the ownership of Townsquare Media. Despite different owners and affiliations, KOEL and KWWL maintain a strong partnership.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOEL, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.^[1]^[2] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.^[3]

Programming

On weekdays, KOEL-AM broadcasts news/talk programming as well as local agriculture business, sports reports, community calendar, lunch specials and stock market reports, with ABC News broadcast on the hour, along with Oelwein Huskies play by play.

At weekends, KOEL has brief news breaks from ABC News with home improvement tips, field and stream radio, and classic country music (when not in special programming mode).

Staff

Liz Brown - program director/farm director
Roger King - news director

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
↑ "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

External links

AM 950 KOEL - Official Site

Radio stations in the Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 90.9 92.3 93.5 94.5 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 101.9 102.9 105.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	600 640 950 1040 1090 1250 1330 1470 1540 1650

By callsign	K259AV K297BS KBOL-LP KBBG KCFI KCNZ KCRR KCVM KFMW KHKE KKHQ-FM KNWS KNWS-FM KOEL KOEL-FM KOKZ KPTY KULT-LP KUNI KWAY KWAY-FM KWVI KXEL KZIA WHO WOI WMT

Defunct	KXGM 850 AM

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Des Moines–Ames Dubuque Ft. Dodge La Crosse Mason City Rochester Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Townsquare Media

(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)

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Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB KCRR KDAT KHAK KIIK-FM KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KOEL KOEL-FM KRNA KRQN* KXGE WDBQ WJOD

Kentucky	WBKR WOMI

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Washington	KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KMGW KOLW KORD-FM KUTI KXRX

Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY

Defunct	KRIL WPUT

Live events	Country Jam USA Mountain Jam (50%) North American Midway Entertainment WE Fest

Websites	King Loudwire Noisecreep XXL

Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network

License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending. *License held by a third party.

Coordinates: 42°39′21″N 91°54′02″W / 42.65583°N 91.90056°W / 42.65583; -91.90056

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