KCOB-FM is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 that serves the community of Newton, Iowa

Newton, Iowa

Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,254. It is the home of Maytag Dairy Farms and was formerly home to the Maytag Corporation's corporate headquarters until the Whirlpool Corporation acquired it in 2006...

. The station primarily broadcasts a country music

Country music

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 format, but also provides local and national news, weather and sports. KCOB is licensed to Newton License Co, LLC. KCOB and KRTI are programmed by Paul B Walker, Jr.

The station also broadcasts the St. Louis Cardinal baseball games, as well as the Newton High School football and basketball games.

The transmitter and broadcast tower are located north of Newton. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is 93 m (305.1 ft) tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the 89 m (292 ft) level. The calculated Height Above Average Terrain

Height above average terrain

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is 108 m (354.3 ft). The tower is also used as the antenna system for its sister station, KCOB (AM).