KAOL is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a CHR

Contemporary hit radio

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 (Top 40) format, licensed to Carrollton, Missouri

Carrollton, Missouri

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, USA. The station is currently owned by Kanza, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio  and Westwood One

Westwood One

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. The unusual use of a CHR format on an AM station (once commonplace) is for re-broadcast by a FM translator (K267BN, Bosworth, Missouri

Bosworth, Missouri

Bosworth is a city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States. The population was 382 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bosworth is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, 101.3 MHz); it is branded as 101.3 The Grenade. It had previously run a country and/or sports format until May 2011.