KCJJ from Iowa City, Iowa
- Station: KCJJ from Iowa City, Iowa
Band: 1630 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: KCJJ (1630 AM, "The Mighty 1630") is a radio station licensed to Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by Stephen Soboroff's (Steve Bridges) River City Radio, Inc. KCJJ broadcasts with 10,000 watts during the day and 1,000 watts at night. It can be heard throughout Eastern Iowa during the day and in many states in the central and eastern United States at night.
Wikipedia Link
Notes: KCJJ did not respond to my request for a QSL card. I posted their logo image instead.
WHO Logo
WHO QSL from Iowa City, Iowa
- Station: WHO from Iowa City, Iowa
Band: 1040 KhZ AM
Date: February 28, 2022
About: WHO (1040 kHz "Newsradio 1040") is a commercial AM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and carries a news/talk radio format. The radio studios are on Grand Avenue in Des Moines. WHO broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for commercial AM stations. It uses a non-directional antenna from a transmitter site on 148th Street South in Mitchellville, Iowa. WHO dates back to the early days of broadcasting and is a Class A clear-channel station. During daytime hours, its high power and Iowa's excellent soil conductivity gives it at least secondary coverage of most of Iowa, as well as parts of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. With a good radio, it can be heard at night across much of North America, but is strongest in the Central United States.
Wikipedia Link
Notes: WHO sent a QSL card. It appears they purchased a large supply of QSL cards around 1985! I am happy that they sent a classic QSL card.
KXEL Logo
2012 QSL from KXEL
- Station: KXEL from Waterloo, Iowa
Band: 1540 KhZ AM
Date: April 5, 2012
About: KXEL (1540 AM), branded as News/Talk 1540, is a Class A, clear-channel radio station serving the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas with a News/Talk format. KXEL is under ownership of NRG Radio, LLC. KXEL is also the flagship station of the University of Northern Iowa Panther Sports Network.
KXEL is one of two class A stations in Iowa, the other being WHO in Des Moines. It operates at 50,000 watts around the clock from a two-tower facility on the Benton/Tama County line. A single tower is used during the day; due to Iowa's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), it provides at least secondary coverage to most of eastern Iowa during the day (as far west as Des Moines, as far south as Ottumwa and as far east as Iowa City). At night, power is fed to both towers in a directional pattern to protect WCKY in Cincinnati at nearby 1530 AM and CBEF in Windsor, Ontario at nearby 1550 AM. Even with this restriction, it can be heard across most of the central and western United States with a good radio.
Wikipedia Link
Notes: KXEL mailed a QSL letter in response to my Postal Reception Report.
KXEL QSL from Waterloo, Iowa