KHAK

Radio station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

KHAK

* Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Broadcast area| Cedar Rapids-Iowa City
Frequency| 98.1 MHz
Branding| 98.1 KHAK (pronounced as K-Hawk)
Programming
Format| Country
Affiliations| Compass Media Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner|

* Townsquare Media
* (Townsquare License, LLC)

Sister stations

| KRNA, KDAT
History

First air date

| September 10, 1961

Call sign meaning

| "K-Hawk" (reference to Iowa's nickname as the Hawkeye State, and concurrently University of Iowa athletics)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 54163
Class| C1
ERP| 100,000 watts
HAAT| 140 meters

Transmitter coordinates

| 41°55′28″N 91°36′55″W﻿ / ﻿41.92444°N 91.61528°W﻿ / 41.92444; -91.61528
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen Live
Website| khak.com

KHAK (98.1 FM) is a radio station that broadcasts a country music format to the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa area. Licensed to Cedar Rapids, the station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. KHAK's studios are located in the Alliant Energy Building on Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids, and its transmitter is located near US-30/US-151 and Ivanhoe Road on the south side of Cedar Rapids.

## History

[edit]

KHAK is one of the top-ranked radio stations in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Market. It is based in the Cedar Rapids Market, but it is heard in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Quad Cities markets as well in spots. Townsquare Media is the owner of the station, as well as its sister stations KRNA, KRQN, and KDAT.

The Cedar Rapids allocation for 98.1 FM signed on in 1961, alongside its AM sister station at 1360 AM, both taking on the call letters KHAK. In the early 1960’s KHAK’s format was MOR, news and talk. Tony Dean, the infamous outdoorsman, was the morning personality and Program Director at KHAK. In the late 1960’s both stations changed format to country music and for many years the FM signal duplicated from the AM frequency. University of Iowa athletics were also a mainstay for many years. This setup continued for many years, until some point in the mid-1990s when KHAK (AM) changed its format to contemporary Christian as KTOF, and was a simulcast of KWOF in Hiawatha, Iowa;[2] KHAK-FM's country format remains to this day.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KHAK, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[3][4] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[5]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHAK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ Kenyon, John (2002-01-04). "Radio fans must learn new numbers". Cedar Rapids Gazette. "KTOF-AM (1360), which until Dec. 19 aired religious programming, is now KMJM-AM, playing what owner Clear Channel refers to as "American music classics," primarily popular music of the '30s and '40s. The religious programming that aired on KTOF was provided by KWOF-AM (850) out of Hiawatha."
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
5. ^ "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 54163 (KHAK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KHAK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Radio stations in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, metropolitan area including Iowa City

By AM frequency|

* 600
* 800
* 860
* 910
* 1360
* 1380
* 1450
* 1540
* 1600
* 1630

By FM frequency|

* 88.3
* 89.1
* 89.7
* 90.9
* 91.7
* 92.3
* 94.1
* 95.7
* 96.5
* 98.1
* 99.1
* 99.7
* 100.7
* 101.9
* 102.9
* 104.5
* 105.7
* 106.1
* 107.1
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 97.5

|

Translators|

* 93.1
* 95.1
* 95.3
* 98.5
* 101.5
* 102.3
* 103.9
* 105.1
* 106.3
* 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.45
* 162.475

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 102.9-1
* 102.9-2
* 102.9-3
* 102.9-4

By call sign|

* K226BO
* K236AA
* K237GD
* K253BE
* K268CY
* K272GB
* K280HA
* K286BY
* K292FZ
* K298BM
* KACJ-LP
* KBEA-FM
* KCCK-FM
* KCII
* KCII-FM
* KCJJ
* KDAT
* KFMW
* KGYM
* KHAK
* KJY64
* KKRQ
* KKSY-FM
* KMJM
* KMRY
* KNWS-FM
* KOEL-FM
* KOKZ
* KOSY-FM
* KRNA
* KRQN
* KRUI-FM
* KSKB
* KSUI
* KUNI
* KWPC
* KXEL
* KXGM
* KXIC
* KZIA
* HD2
* HD3
* HD4
* WMT
* WSUI
* WXL61

Defunct|

* KOJC (89.7 FM)
* KRNL-FM (89.7 FM)

Nearby regions
Burlington
Dubuque
Des Moines–Ames
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Quad Cities
Waterloo–Cedar Falls

See also
List of radio stations in Iowa

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Country radio stations in the state of Iowa

Stations|

* KBKB – Fort Madison
* KBKB-FM – Fort Madison/Burlington
* KBOE-FM – Oskaloosa
* KCOB-FM – Newton
* KCSI – Red Oak
* KCTN – Garnavillo/Elkader
* KCZE – New Hampton
* KDLS – Perry
* KDMG – Burlington
* KDSN – Denison
* KIIK-FM - DeWitt
* KDST – Dyersville
* KGRA – Jefferson/Perry
* KHAK – Cedar Rapids
* KHKI – Des Moines
* KIAI – Mason City
* KIAQ – Clarion/Fort Dodge
* KICD-FM – Spencer
* KIHK – Rock Valley
* KIIC – Albia
* KIKD – Lake City
* KILJ – Mount Pleasant
* KILR-FM – Estherville
* KJJY – West Des Moines
* KKIA – Ida Grove
* KKRF – Stuart
* KKSY-FM – Cedar Rapids
* KKYY – Whiting
* KLGZ - Algona
* KMAQ – Maquoketa
* KMCD - Fairfield
* KMCH – Manchester
* KMGO – Centerville
* KNEI-FM – Waukon
* KNIA – Knoxville
* KOAK – Red Oak
* KOEL – Oelwein
* KOEL-FM – Oelwein
* KPTY - Waterloo
* KRKN – Eldon/Ottumwa
* KSIB-FM – Creston
* KSMA-FM – Osage/Mason City
* KSOM – Audubon/Atlantic
* KWAY – Waverly
* KWMT – Fort Dodge
* KWPC – Muscatine
* KXIA – Marshalltown
* KXKT – Glenwood/Omaha, Nebraska
* WJOD – Asbury/Dubuque
* WLLR-FM – Davenport

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Iowa

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Townsquare Media

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

Alabama|

* WALJ
* WFFN
* WQRR
* WTBC
* WTSK
* WTUG-FM

Arkansas|

* KMJI
* KYGL

Arizona|

* KDXU-FM
* KTAN(+K251CQ)
* KWCD
* KZMK

Colorado|

* KARS-FM(+FM1)**
* KBKL
* KEKB
* KEXO
* KKNN
* KKPL
* KKXK(+K232BW, K233AH, K257AS, K257AT, K257AU, K267AB)
* KMAX-FM
* KMXY
* KSNN
* KTRR
* KUAD-FM
* KUBC(+K283CZ)

Connecticut|

* WRKI

Idaho|

* KAWO
* KCIX
* KEZJ-FM
* KFXD
* KIDO
* KLIX
* KLIX-FM
* KSAS-FM
* KSNQ
* KXLT-FM

Illinois|

* WDBQ-FM
* WKGL-FM
* WLIQ
* WROK
* WXLP
* WXXQ
* WZOK

Indiana|

* WDKS
* WGBF
* WGBF-FM
* WJLT
* WKDQ

Iowa|

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

Kentucky|

* WBKR
* WOMI

Louisiana|

* KEEL
* KFTE**
* KHLA
* KHXT
* KJMH
* KLCL
* KMDL
* KNGT
* KPEL
* KPEL-FM
* KROF
* KRUF
* KTDY
* KTSR
* KVKI-FM
* KWKH
* KXKS-FM

Maine|

* WBLM
* WBPW
* WBZN
* WCYY
* WDEA
* WEBB
* WEZQ
* WJBQ
* WJZN
* WMME-FM
* WOZI
* WQCB
* WQHR
* WWMJ

Massachusetts|

* WBEC
* WBEC-FM
* WBSM
* WFHN
* WNAW
* WSBS
* WUPE
* WUPE-FM

Michigan|

* WBCK
* WBXX
* WCRZ
* WFGR
* WFMK
* WFNT
* WGRD-FM
* WITL-FM
* WJIM
* WJIM-FM
* WKFR-FM
* WKMI
* WLHT-FM
* WMMQ
* WNWZ
* WQUS
* WRCL
* WRKR
* WTRV
* WVFN
* WWBN

Minnesota|

* KBMX
* KDCZ
* KDHL
* KDOC-FM
* KFIL
* KFIL-FM
* KFNL-FM
* KKCB
* KLDJ
* KLZZ
* KMXK
* KOLM
* KQCL
* KRFO
* KRFO-FM
* KROC
* KROC-FM
* KWWK
* KXSS
* KYBA
* KZRV
* WEBC
* WJON
* WWJO
* WWPE-FM

Missouri|

* KHMO
* KICK-FM
* KRRY
* KSDL
* KSIS
* KXKX

Montana|

* KAAK
* KAAR
* KBAZ
* KBUL
* KCHH(+K236AB)
* KCTR-FM
* KGGL(+K239AP, K245AP)
* KGRZ(+K224AA)
* KGVO
* KISN
* KKBR
* KLFM
* KMBR
* KMHK
* KMMS
* KMMS-FM
* KMON
* KMON-FM(+K260AU, K280GG, K298BL)
* KMPT
* KMTZ
* KPRK
* KSEN
* KTHC
* KVVR
* KXLB(+K254AL)
* KXTL(+K234AT)
* KYSS-FM(+K252BM)
* KZIN-FM
* KZMY
* KZOQ-FM

New Hampshire|

* WHOM
* WOKQ
* WPKQ
* WSAK
* WSHK

New Jersey|

* WCHR
* WCHR-FM
* WENJ
* WFPG
* WNJE
* WJLK
* WJLK-FM
* WKXW
* WOBM
* WOBM-FM
* WPGG
* WPST
* WPUR
* WSJO

New York|

* WAAL
* WBKT
* WBLK
* WBUF
* WCZX
* WDBY
* WDLA
* WDLA-FM
* WDOS
* WEOK
* WFRG-FM
* WGNA-FM(+W235AY)
* WHWK
* WIBX
* WKXP
* WKXZ(+W232AT)
* WLZW
* WNBF
* WODZ-FM
* WOUR
* WPBZ-FM
* WPDA
* WPDH
* WQBK-FM(+W256BU)
* WQSH
* WRRB
* WRRV
* WSRK
* WTMM-FM
* WTSS
* WWYL
* WYRK
* WZAD
* WZOZ

North Dakota|

* KACL
* KBYZ
* KEYZ
* KKCT
* KLXX
* KUSB
* KYYZ

Oklahoma|

* KLAW
* KVRW
* KZCD

South Dakota|

* KIKN-FM
* KKLS-FM
* KKRC-FM
* KSOO
* KSOO-FM
* KXRB
* KXRB-FM
* KYBB

Texas|

* KAFX-FM
* KATP
* KBAT
* KBZS
* KEAN-FM
* KELI
* KEYJ-FM
* KFMX-FM
* KFYO
* KGKL
* KGKL-FM
* KISX
* KIXS
* KIXZ
* KKAM
* KKCL-FM
* KKCN
* KKTX-FM
* KKYR-FM
* KLAQ
* KLTD
* KLUB
* KMND
* KMWX
* KMXJ-FM
* KNFM
* KNIN-FM
* KNRX
* KNUE
* KODM
* KOOC
* KPRF
* KPWW
* KQBR
* KQVT
* KROD
* KSFA
* KSII
* KSLI
* KSSM
* KTBQ
* KTEM
* KTUX
* KTYL-FM
* KULL
* KUSJ
* KVLL-FM
* KWFS
* KWFS-FM
* KXSS-FM
* KYKS
* KYYW
* KZBT
* KZII-FM

Utah|

* KCIN
* KDXU(+K223DI)
* KDXU-FM(+K270BV, K249EQ)
* KIYK
* KREC(+K253BB)
* KSUB(+K299BU)
* KXBN

Washington|

* KAPL-FM
* KATS(+K232CV)
* KDBL
* KEYW
* KFFM
* KFLD
* KIT
* KKWN
* KMGW
* KONA
* KONA-FM
* KORD-FM
* KPQ(+K269HC)
* KPQ-FM
* KWNC
* KWWW-FM
* KXRX
* KYSN
* KYSP
* KZHR

Wyoming|

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

Defunct|

* KJEF
* KJEF-CA
* KOSY
* KRIL
* KUTI
* WCHN
* WPUT
* WTVL

Live events|

* Country Jam USA
* Mountain Jam (50%)
* WE Fest

Websites|

* King
* Loudwire
* Noisecreep
* XXL

Radio networks|

* Michigan Talk Network

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

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