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| Broadcast area | Des Moines metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 97.3MHz |
| Branding | Nash FM 97.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| 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 | TheHawKIowa (previous meaning) |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 12966 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 105,000watts[4] |
| HAAT | 143 meters (469 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | nashfm973.com |
KHKI (97.3FM) is acommercialradio station inDes Moines, Iowa. The station is owned byCumulus Media and airs acountry musicradio format known as "97.3Nash FM." On weekdays, localDJs are heard during the day, while in the evening, KHKI airs twonationally syndicated Nash FM programs from parent company Cumulus, including "Nash Nights Live" and "TheBlair Garner Show." On weekends, "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" is heard.
KHKI's studios are inUrbandale, Iowa, with other Cumulus Des Moines stations:KJJY,KGGO,KWQW, andKBGG. Itstransmitter is located on Northwest 100th Street on the border betweenGrimes andJohnston. While the maximum power for most FM stations in Iowa is 100,000watts, KHKI'seffective radiated power (ERP) is slightly higher, at 105,000 watts; because KHKI dates back to 1961, it isgrandfathered at the higher output.
The station firstsigned on the air in February 1961 asKDMI.[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 aChristian radio format.
In 1993, the station was acquired byAmerican Radio Systems.[6] On January 2, 1994, KDMI beganstunting 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 acountry music format as "97.3 KHKI, Hawkeye Country" (with the new branding referring tothe team name for theUniversity 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]
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