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KZWC

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Class
  
D

Website
  
kqradio.com

City of license
  
Webster City

Branding
  
1570 The Kruise

First air date
  
February 9, 1950

Facility ID
  
24660

Frequency
  
1570 kHz

Format
  
Oldies

Power
  
137 watts

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Translator(s)
  
92.9 K225BZ (Webster City)

Former callsigns
  
KJFJ (1950-1971) KQWC (1971-2016)

Owner
  
Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC

KZWC (1570 AM) is a commercial radio station serving the Webster City, Iowa area. The station broadcasts an oldies format. KZWC is licensed to Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC, a subsidiary of Riverfront Broadcasting LLC of Yankton, South Dakota.

KZWC also provides regular news, weather and sports coverage. A daily one-hour agricultural information called AgriTalk is locally produced and aired at 10 AM Monday through Friday.

According to the station's website, it began broadcasting on February 9, 1950 using the callsign KJFJ and was owned by the local newspaper, The Daily Freeman Journal. In 1971 the Go-Rich Corporation purchased KJFJ and combined it with KQWC-FM, changing the callsign.

The transmitter and broadcast tower are located on the east outskirts of Webster City on East 2nd Street. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is 132.9 m (436 ft) tall.

On March 28, 2016, the station changed its call sign to KZWC.

(KZWC logo under previous "Magic 1570" branding)

References

KZWC Wikipedia