Central Iowa Catholic Radio Network Adds Third FM Station

Posted on by Jon Ellis

Iowa Catholic Radio, which currently has two FM signals and one AM station in the Des Moines area, is adding a third FM station.

An asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC indicates St. Gabriel Communications is buying KLOX/90.9 (Creston) from Florida Public Radio for $50,000. KLOX is currently licensed for 500 Watts but has a construction permit to upgrade to 100kW, serving a large area southwest of Des Moines.

St. Gabriel is the licensee of KIHS/88.5 (Adel) and K233BT/94.5 (Des Moines) and is the parent company of Trinity Communications and Putbrese Communications, which own KWKY/1150 (Des Moines). (A separate pending application will merge Trinity and Putbrese, making Trinity the licensee of KWKY under St. Gabriel’s continued ownership.)

Florida Public Radio, a Christian broadcaster, also owns KSKB/99.1 (Brooklyn, IA) as well as five stations in Florida and three in Kansas.

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