KHKI

Radio station in Des Moines, Iowa

KHKI

* Des Moines, Iowa

Broadcast area| Des Moines metropolitan area
Frequency| 97.3 MHz
Branding| Nash FM 97.3
Programming
Format| Country
Affiliations| Westwood One
Ownership
Owner|

* Cumulus Media
* (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)

Sister stations

| KBGG, KGGO, KJJY, KWQW
History

First air date

| 1961 (as KDMI)[1]

Former call signs

| KDMI (1961–1980)[1]
KDMI-FM (1980–1993)[2]

Call sign meaning

| The HawK Iowa (previous meaning)
Technical information[3]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 12966
Class| C1
ERP| 105,000 watts[4]
HAAT| 143 meters (469 ft)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen live
Website| nashfm973.com

KHKI (97.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a country music radio format known as "97.3 Nash FM." On weekdays, local DJs are heard during the day, while in the evening, KHKI airs two nationally syndicated Nash FM programs from parent company Cumulus, including "Nash Nights Live" and "The Blair Garner Show." On weekends, "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" is heard.

KHKI's studios are in Urbandale, Iowa, with other Cumulus Des Moines stations: KJJY, KGGO, KWQW, and KBGG. Its transmitter is located on Northwest 100th Street on the border between Grimes and Johnston. While the maximum power for most FM stations in Iowa is 100,000 watts, KHKI's effective radiated power (ERP) is slightly higher, at 105,000 watts; because KHKI dates back to 1961, it is grandfathered at the higher output.

## History

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The station first signed on the air in February 1961 as KDMI.[5] It was owned by Richards & Associates, Inc. There was no AM counterpart. KDMI was a rare stand-alone FM station in an era when few people owned FM radios. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, KDMI aired a Christian radio format.

In 1993, the station was acquired by American Radio Systems.[6] On January 2, 1994, KDMI began stunting with an electronic countdown to 5:30 p.m. on January 7.[7] At that time, the station, now under new KHKI call letters, flipped to a country music format as "97.3 KHKI, Hawkeye Country" (with the new branding referring to the team name for the University of Iowa).[8] Later, the station rebranded to "The Hawk 97-3" before becoming "97.3 The Hawk." On May 24, 2013, KHKI became "Nash FM 97.3" as part of Cumulus' plan to convert most of its 84 Country-formatted properties to the "Nash FM" brand.[9]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b History Cards for KHKI, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
2. ^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHKI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. ^ "Grandfathered Super-power FM Stations".
5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-68
6. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 page B-134
7. ^ Melinda Voss, "What's happening with KDMI radio?," The Des Moines Register, January 5, 1994.
8. ^ "Countdown to country ends," The Des Moines Register, January 8, 1994.
9. ^ "Cumulus Launches Five Additional NashFM's" from Radio Insight (May 24, 2013)

## External links

[edit]

* Official Site
* Facility details for Facility ID 12966 (KHKI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KHKI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Radio stations in the Des Moines, Iowa, metropolitan area

This area also includes Ames, Iowa.

By AM frequency|

* 540
* 640
* 940
* 1040
* 1150
* 1260
* 1280
* 1310
* 1350
* 1430
* 1460
* 1490
* 1590
* 1700

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.5
* 88.5
* 88.7
* 88.9
* 89.3
* 89.7
* 90.1
* 91.3
* 91.7
* 92.5
* 93.3
* 94.9
* 95.9
* 96.1
* 96.3
* 97.3
* 97.7
* 97.9
* 98.3
* 99.3
* 100.3
* 101.1
* 101.7
* 102.5
* 103.3
* 104.1
* 105.1
* 105.5
* 105.9
* 106.3
* 107.1
* 107.5

| LPFM|

* 98.9

|

Translators|

* 89.1
* 90.5
* 90.9
* 92.9
* 93.7
* 94.5
* 99.9
* 100.7
* 101.3
* 102.1
* 104.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.55

Digital radio
by frequency and subchannel|

* 102.5-1
* 102.5-2

By call sign|

* K206BW
* K213DV
* K215FN
* K225BP
* K229CC
* K233BT
* K260AM
* K264CD
* K267CY
* K271CO
* K283CC
* KASI
* KAZR
* KBGG
* KCOB
* KCOB-FM
* KCYZ
* KDFR
* KDLF
* KDLS
* KDLS-FM
* KDPS
* KDRB
* KFMG-LP
* KGGO
* KHKI
* KICG
* KICJ
* KICL
* KICP
* KIHS
* KIOA
* KJJY
* KJMC
* KKDM
* KNSL
* KNWI
* KNWM
* KOEZ
* KPSZ
* KPUL
* KRNT
* KSTZ
* HD2
* KURE
* KVCI
* KVDI
* KWBG
* KWDM
* KWKY
* KWMT
* KWQW
* KXIA
* KXLQ
* KXNO
* KXNO-FM
* WHO
* WOI
* WOI-FM
* WXL57

Defunct|

* KCBC-FM (94.1 FM)
* KDRA-LP (94.1 FM)
* KFRK
* KGVC-LP (94.1 FM)
* KKSO (1390 AM)
* KUCB-FM (89.3 FM)
* WBAC
* WEAL
* WJAY

Nearby regions
Cedar Rapids–Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Kansas City
Omaha–Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo–Cedar Falls

See also
List of radio stations in Iowa

* v
* t
* e

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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Cumulus Media

AM radio
stations|

* KAAY
* KABC
* KAOK
* KARN
* KBED
* KBGG
* KBOI
* KCMO
* KCSF
* KCUB
* KESP
* KFAY
* KFOG
* KFRU
* KGO
* KIKR
* KKAT
* KKOB
* KKOH
* KLIF
* KLIK
* KMAJ
* KMJ
* KNBR
* KNML
* KPUR
* KRMD
* KSFO
* KTBL
* KTCK
* KTCT
* KTIK
* KTOP
* KTUC
* KUGN
* KVOR
* KWPN
* KYNG
* WAAV
* WAPI
* WARM
* WAYS
* WBAP
* WBBF
* WBBW
* WCOA
* WDUZ¹
* WFAS
* WFNC
* WFTW
* WGOC
* WGOK
* WGOW
* WGPC
* WHGB
* WHLD
* WICC
* WISW
* WJBC
* WJCW
* WJOX
* WJR
* WJRW
* WKY
* WLAW
* WLBY
* WLS
* WLWI
* WLZR
* WMAC
* WMSP
* WNAM
* WNML
* WOSH
* WPIC
* WPRO
* WPRV
* WRQX
* WRIE
* WSBA
* WSBN
* WSKO
* WSSO
* WTKA
* WTMA
* WTRX
* WUMP
* WVEL
* WVLK
* WVNN
* WWCK
* WXLM
* WXNT
* WXOK
* WXQW
* WXSM
* WYMB
* WYNN

FM radio
stations|

* K279BI
* KAMO-FM
* KARN-FM
* KARX
* KATC-FM
* KATM
* KATT-FM
* KAYD-FM
* KBBM
* KBBQ-FM
* KBBY-FM
* KBCY
* KBEE
* KBER
* KBIU
* KBOI-FM
* KBUL-FM
* KBXR
* KCDD
* KCFX
* KCHZ
* KCJK
* KCMO-FM
* KDJK
* KDRF
* KDVV
* KEHK
* KENZ
* KGGO
* KHAY
* KHKI
* KHKK
* KHOP
* KHTB
* KHXS
* KHYT
* KIIM-FM
* KIPR
* KIZN
* KJJY
* KJMO
* KJOY
* KKEG
* KKFM
* KKGB
* KKGL
* KKMG
* KKND
* KKOB-FM
* KKPK
* KKWD
* KLAL
* KLUR
* KMAJ-FM
* KMCK-FM
* KMEZ
* KMGA
* KMGV
* KMJ-FM
* KMJJ-FM
* KMJK
* KNBR-FM
* KNEK-FM
* KNEV
* KNRQ
* KNSH
* KOBQ
* KOLI
* KOMS
* KOQL
* KPLA
* KPLX
* KPUR-FM
* KQFC
* KQHN
* KQIZ-FM
* KQLK
* KQRS-FM
* KQSM-FM
* KQXC-FM
* KQXL-FM
* KQXY-FM
* KRBE
* KRMD-FM
* KRMW
* KRRQ
* KRST
* KRUZ
* KSAN
* KSCS
* KSKS
* KSMB
* KSZR
* KTCK-FM
* KTCX
* KTLT
* KTOP-FM
* KUBL-FM
* KUJZ
* KURB
* KVMA-FM
* KVYB
* KWIC
* KWIN
* KWNN
* KWQW
* KWYE
* KWYL
* KXKC
* KXXR
* KYIS
* KYKZ
* KYYI
* KZEL-FM
* KZJF
* KZRK-FM
* WABD
* WAOA-FM
* WAQX-FM
* WARM-FM
* WBAP-FM
* WBHD
* WBHT
* WBLX-FM
* WBNQ
* WBSX
* WBWN
* WBZE
* WBZF
* WCMG
* WCTO
* WDAI
* WDEN-FM
* WDLT-FM
* WDUZ-FM¹
* WDVD
* WDZZ-FM
* WEAN-FM
* WEAS-FM
* WEBE
* WEDG
* WEMX
* WFBE
* WFMS
* WFTK
* WFYR
* WGFX
* WGKX
* WGLF
* WGLO
* WGNI
* WGOW-FM
* WGRF
* WGRR
* WGVX
* WHBX
* WHHY-FM
* WHKR
* WHNN
* WHOT-FM
* WHRP
* WHTS
* WHTT-FM
* WILZ
* WIOG
* WIOV-FM
* WIVK-FM
* WIWF
* WIXO
* WIXV
* WJBC-FM
* WJCL-FM
* WJEZ
* WJJK
* WJOX-FM
* WJQX
* WJTQ
* WKDF
* WKHX-FM
* WKIM
* WKKO
* WKLQ
* WKOR-FM
* WKOS
* WKQX
* WKQZ
* WKRU
* WKSM
* WKXS-FM
* WLAV-FM
* WLAW-FM
* WLCS
* WLEV
* WLFF
* WLLF
* WLS-FM
* WLTO
* WLUP
* WLWI-FM
* WLXC
* WLXX
* WLZN
* WMAL-FM
* WMDH-FM
* WMEZ
* WMGB
* WMGL
* WMGS
* WMGU
* WMIM
* WMNX
* WMOS³
* WMXS
* WMXT
* WMXU
* WNCV
* WNDX
* WNKT
* WNML-FM
* WNMQ
* WNNF
* WNNK-FM
* WNNX
* WNTQ
* WNTR
* WOFX-FM
* WOGB¹
* WOGT
* WOKI
* WOMG
* WORC-FM
* WPEZ
* WPKR
* WPRO-FM
* WQGN-FM
* WQHZ
* WQKL
* WQLH¹
* WQPD
* WQQK
* WQQO
* WQSM
* WQUT
* WQXA-FM
* WQXK
* WRBO
* WRCQ
* WRKN
* WROK-FM
* WRQN
* WRQQ
* WRRM
* WRRX
* WSEA
* WSJR
* WSKZ
* WSM-FM
* WSMS
* WSOX
* WSSX-FM
* WSYN
* WTCB
* WTNR
* WTPA-FM
* WTYB
* WUHT
* WVBO
* WVIB
* WVLK-FM
* WVNN-FM
* WWCK-FM
* WWFF-FM
* WWFN-FM
* WWFX
* WWIZ
* WWKI
* WWKL
* WWKX
* WWLD
* WWLI
* WWLS-FM
* WWWM
* WWQQ-FM
* WWSN
* WWTN
* WWWQ
* WWWW-FM
* WWWX
* WWWZ
* WXBM-FM
* WXFX
* WXKC
* WXKR
* WXKR-HD2/W264AK
* WXLO
* WXMX
* WXTA
* WXZZ
* WYFM
* WYNN-FM
* WYZB
* WZNS
* WZPL
* WZPW
* WZRH
* WZRR
* WZYP

Radio networks|

* Arkansas Radio Network
* CBS Sports Radio*
* Titans Radio Network
* Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets|

* Country Weekly
* iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets|

* Nash TV

Other assets|

* Broadcast Software International
* CumulusJobs.com
* San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also|

* Citadel Broadcasting
* Cumulus Media Networks
* Susquehanna Radio Corporation

* 1 = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA.
* 3 = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA.

* * = Owned by Paramount Global, operated by Cumulus.

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