Townsquare Media has ended a ten-year-old Contemporary Hits format in the Cedar Rapids market after its agreement to run the station that had carried the format apparently expired.
The former “i107-1” (KRQN Vinton) is now carrying programming from the USA Radio Network. The station’s former website is redirecting to a goodbye message on the website of Adult Contemporary outlet KDAT/104.5 (Cedar Rapids) that encourages listeners to check out KDAT or two other Townsquare stations but does not mention KRQN’s new format.
KRQN is owned by George Flinn and had been operated by Townsquare and its Cedar Rapids predecessor, Cumulus Media, since 2006. The latest time brokerage agreement was due to expire May 1, according to documents in the station’s public file. Townsquare’s website no longer lists KRQN among its stations.
“i-107-1” was one of three Contemporary Hits stations in the Cedar Rapids market, competing with locally-owned “Z102.9” (KZIA Cedar Rapids) and iHeartMedia’s “Hot 95.7” (KOSY Anamosa-Cedar Rapids). Townsquare’s “B100” (KBEA/99.7 Muscatine-Quad Cities) also rimshots Cedar Rapids.
Neither KRQN nor KZIA is included in publicly-released Nielsen Audio ratings. KOSY and KBEA both had a 0.6 average quarter hour 12+ share in Nielsen’s Fall 2020 ratings for Cedar Rapids.
KRQN signed on in 2005 and rimshots Cedar Rapids with a 4.7kW/113m (class A) signal.
Several USA Radio shows have promoted their new affiliate on Facebook:
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