Callsign meaning OELwein Website koel.com City of license Oelwein Area Waterloo, Cedar Falls | Affiliations ABC News Frequency 950 kHz Owner Townsquare Media Branding AM 950 KOEL | |
Broadcast area Waterloo-Cedar Falls area Power 5,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night) Format Talk radio, All-news radio, Classic country Slogan News - AG - Sports and Country Legends | ||
KOEL (950 AM) is US a radio station serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. The station broadcasts on AM frequency 950 kHz and is under the ownership of Townsquare Media. Despite different owners and affiliations, KOEL and KWWL maintain a strong partnership.
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On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOEL, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.
Programming
On weekdays, KOEL-AM broadcasts news/talk programming as well as local agriculture business, sports reports, community calendar, lunch specials and stock market reports, with ABC News broadcast on the hour, along with Oelwein Huskies play by play.
At weekends, KOEL has brief news breaks from ABC News with home improvement tips, field and stream radio, and classic country music (when not in special programming mode).