Conservative Talk Radio in Iowa – How Much is Too Much?

Conservative Talk Radio in Iowa – How Much is Too Much?



Yesterday, Blog for Iowa posted an article about the future of conservative talk radio and suggested an action to go with it (scroll down). After doing a little research, we found out that there are ten radio stations in Iowa that carry Rush Limbaugh.  All but two of these stations carry at least one other conservative talk show, and five stations carry multiple conservative talkers. 

Since we've no doubt your first order of business after the holidays will be to contact your local radio station to inquire as to why they are broadcasting only the conservative point of view on the publicly owned airwaves, and no opposing point of view, and also to make some suggestions about more fair and balanced programming they might air, we have compiled a list of the Limbaugh et. al. -carrying stations including contact information, and posted it below. 

We were astonished to learn that on some of these stations, virtually the entire day (and evening) of programming is devoted to conservative talk.  Only one station as far as could be determined, broadcasts anything remotely resembling the opposing point of view, the Mason City station, KGLO, which runs a radio replay of Face the Nation once a week.  As if five days a week is not enough conservative talk, several stations run “best ofs” on the weekends (Best of Sean Hannity, for example).

BFIA would also like to correct our Dec. 17 post, Our Second Priority: Media Reform, which erroneously claimed that WHO-Radio in Des Moines, a 50,000 watt station,  broadcasts eight and one-half hours per day of conservative talk, 5 days a week.  The correct number is thirteen and a half hours per day.  See the program schedule below.  We regret the error.

ACTION: If you happen to live in any of these ten broadcast areas, please consider calling or e-mailing your local station. BFIA will be very interested in hearing what you find out.

Burlington Talk Radio KCPS
 KCPS 1150
205 S. Gear Avenue
W. Burlington, Iowa 52655  
Phone (319) 754-6698
E-mail kcps@aol.com
Glenn Beck, 9-11a; Limbaugh 11a-2p;Dennis Miller 2-5p; O'reilly 5-6p; Michael Savage 7-9p;

Cedar Rapids WMT 600
600 Old Marion Road

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Phone: 319-365-0600
Toll free: 800-332-5401
*600 on your US Cellular Phone
johnlaton@clearchannel.com
Limbaugh 1p-4p; Jim Bohannon 9p-12a

KXIC Iowa City 800 AM
(319) 354-9500 /866-609-TALK (8-2-5-5)/news@kxic.com
Hannity, Dennis Miller,

 
WOC Quad Cities
1420 AM
563-344-7025
news@woc1420.com
Limbaugh 11a-2p; Hannity 6-9p;Dennis Miller 9-12a;
 
Des Moines WHO Radio
 1040 AM
2141 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50312
Phone: 515-245-8900
vanharden@clearchannel.com,  Program Director
joelmccrea@clearchannel.com, General Manager
Jan Mickelson,9a-11:30;Limbaugh 1-4p;Steve Deace 4-7p;Michael Medved 9-10p;Michael Reagan 10p-1a; Jim Bohannon 4-5a.

Dubuque WDBQ(no website)
1490 AM
5490 Saratoga Road Dubuque
Phone: (563) 557-1040
Limbaugh 11a-2p
 
Estherville KILR          
1070 AM (no website)
Phone: 712-362-2644
Limbaugh 11a-2p
 
Mason City  KGLO
AM 1300

341 S Yorktown Pike
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 423-1300
Tim Fleming, tfleming@kglo.threeeagles.com
Brian Fancher, bfancher@kglo.threeeagles.com
Limbaugh 1p-4p M-F
 
Sheldon KIWA  (has advertiser list on website!)
1550 AM

411 9th Street
Sheldon, IA 51201
Phone: 712-324-5377
E-mail: Walt Pruiksma, Station Mgr., at walt@kiwaradio.com (good luck…there is a picture on the website of Walt with Bush)
E-mail:  Wayne Barahona, Program Director, at wayne@kiwaradio.com
Limbaugh 11a-2p; Hannity 2-5p; L & H Saturdays also

Sioux City KSCJ
 1360
2000 Indian Hills Dr
Sioux City, IA 51104
(712) 239-2100
sarthur@powelliowa.com
Limbaugh, 11a-2p; Hannity, O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Dennis Miller, Bohannon

Waterloo KXEL
 AM 1540
514 Jefferson Street
Waterloo, IA  50701
General Manager:  Tim Mathews tim@radiogroup.net
Phone:  319-234-2200 or 800-584-7024
Coverage Area:  Waterloo-Cedar Falls-Cedar Rapids-Iowa City
5-6a Jim Bohannon; 8-11a Glenn Beck; 11a-2p Limbaugh; 2-5p Hannity

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1 Response to Conservative Talk Radio in Iowa – How Much is Too Much?

  1. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    thanks for the information.

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