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KXRA (AM)

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Broadcast area
  
Alexandria, Minnesota

Sister stations
  
KXRA-FM, KXRZ

Format
  
Talk radio

Area
  
Alexandria

Slogan
  
News Talk Radio

Power
  
1,000 watts

City of license
  
Alexandria

Owner
  
Paradis Broadcasting Inc.

Branding
  
KXRA

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Website
  
www.VoiceOfAlexandria.com

Frequency
  
1490 kHz (AM), 100.3 (FM) MHz

KXRA is a News/Talk radio station on 1490 AM and translator channel K262AT at 100.3 FM in Alexandria, Minnesota owned by Paradis Broadcasting Inc, which also owns KXRZ and KXRA-FM.

Contents

KXRA hosts the Alexandria areas only local talk shows. Open Line covers news and local events Monday through Thursday at 9am cst. On Friday, The show is Open Topic. Another area favorite is a daily radio show, called Swap Shop. It is broadcast Monday through Saturday at 1pm cst. Listeners can call and are put on the air live. They broadcast items they want to sell or want to buy. Many listeners find used vehicles, appliances, or farm machinery. Another locally produced show is Home Grown. Each Saturday Morning at 9am, Linda Kellerman offers advice to listeners on gardening, lawns and plants. Other features include the reading of funeral announcements daily, county commissioners reports, Cardinal Sports (the local high school,) church services, community news, morning trivia, and the birthday club. This station is a primary source of daily news in Alexandria.

Highlights

  • The Morning Show with Patty and Joe Mon-Fri 6am-9am
  • Open Line Mon-Fri 9am-10am
  • Swap Shop Mon-Fri 1pm-2pm
  • Garage Logic - Mon-Fri 2pm-3pm
  • Sports Talk Mon-Fri 3-5pm and Saturday Morning from 10am-noon.
  • The 5pm News Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm - Various Hosts
  • The Phil Valentine show Mon-Fri 6-9pm
  • Cardinal Sports Report - Daily
  • Successful Farming Radio Magazine
  • In Fisherman Radio
  • Home Grown - A local gardening talk show - Saturday 9:05am – 9:45am

    • Contests

    You can find a list of contests that are currently being played at http://www.voiceofalexandria.com/contests/

    Staff

  • Patty Wicken, Morning Show Host and Open Line Co-Host
  • Joe Korkowski, News Director and Co-host of the Morning Show
  • Dennis Anhalt, Open Line Host
  • Dave McClurg, Sports Director
  • Mark Anthony, Program director and Swap Shop Host
  • Alex Johnson, 5pm News Hour
  • Charlie Christopherson
  • Tom Chorley

    • References

    KXRA (AM) Wikipedia
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