KCLN
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KCLN is a commercial radio station
licensed to serve the community of Clinton, Iowa
. KCLN primarily airs an automated oldies
format, and also features Clinton Lumberkings baseball broadcasts. Prior to oldies
, the station broadcast an Adult Standards
format. KCLN and it's sister station KMCN
94.7 MHz (Formerly 97.7 MHz) have been owned since 1999 by Prairie Radio Communications which purchased the facilities from K to Z Ltd. who had been the owners of the AM/FM combo since 1990. KCLN began broadcasting in 1956, and had the call letters KLNT from 1990-1998.
The KCLN AM antenna uses two towers arranged in a directional array, concentrating the signal north-south along the Mississippi River. One of the two towers hosts the FM
antenna for sister station KMCN
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to serve the community of Clinton, Iowa
Clinton, Iowa
Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...
. KCLN primarily airs an automated oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format, and also features Clinton Lumberkings baseball broadcasts. Prior to oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
, the station broadcast an Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
format. KCLN and it's sister station KMCN
KMCN
KMCS is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa and broadcasting an Adult Hits format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN in Clinton, Iowa. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications...
94.7 MHz (Formerly 97.7 MHz) have been owned since 1999 by Prairie Radio Communications which purchased the facilities from K to Z Ltd. who had been the owners of the AM/FM combo since 1990. KCLN began broadcasting in 1956, and had the call letters KLNT from 1990-1998.
The KCLN AM antenna uses two towers arranged in a directional array, concentrating the signal north-south along the Mississippi River. One of the two towers hosts the FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
antenna for sister station KMCN
KMCN
KMCS is a radio station licensed to Muscatine, Iowa and broadcasting an Adult Hits format under the branding Mac 94.7 - 93.1 along with its sister station, KMCN in Clinton, Iowa. Both stations are currently owned by Prairie Radio Communications...
.