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| Broadcast area | Des Moines metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1430kHz |
| Branding | KASI News Talk 1430 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KCYZ,KDRB,KKDM,KXNO,KXNO-FM,WHO | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1948; 77 years ago (1948-10) |
Call sign meaning | Ames Iowa |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2116 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°2′18″N93°40′53″W / 42.03833°N 93.68139°W /42.03833; -93.68139 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | 1430kasi |
KASI (1430kHz, "News Talk 1430") is acommercial radio station inAmes, Iowa, broadcasting atalk radio format. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.[2] Its studios and offices are on Main Street in Ames.
By day, KASI is powered at 1,000 wattsnon-directional. To avoid interference at night to other stations on1430 AM, KASI reduces power to 32 watts. The station'stransmitter is on Martin Street off North Dakota Avenue in Ames. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, thetower is 124.4 meters (408 ft) tall.[3]
The schedule isnationally syndicated talk hosts. Because iHeart also owns another talk station heard in Ames, 50,000-wattWHO 1040Des Moines, KASI avoids duplicating WHO's programming. Syndicated weekday programs includeArmstrong & Getty,The Ramsey Show withDave Ramsey,The Jesse Kelly Show,Red Eye Radio,America in the Morning andMarkley, Van Camp & Robbins.
Syndicated programs on weekends includeAt Home with Gary Sullivan,Rich DeMuro on Tech,Bill Handel on the Law,The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein, America at Night with Rich Valdes, Big Billy Kinder Outdoors and repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio. KASI andsister stationKCYZ105.1 FM carryIowa State Cyclonescollege football and men's basketball games.
KASIsigned on the air in October 1948. The station was assigned the KASI call letters by theFederal Communications Commission.[4] It was originally adaytimer, required to go off the air at night. The owner was the Ames Broadcasting Company with studios at 328 1/2 Main Street.
Ames Broadcasting also applied for an FMconstruction permit to put a station on the air at 95.5MHz. The company proposed that it would have a power of 45,000 watts, however KASI-FM was never built.[5] In 1968, Ames Broadcasting put an FM station on the air, KCCQ on 107.1 MHz. It had anautomated top 40 format.[6]