KILJ-FM (105.5
FM) is a commercial
radio station
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that serves the
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census, an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census. It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
History
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area. The station broadcasts an
easy listening
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format. KILJ-FM is licensed to KILJ Inc which is owned by Paul and Joyce Dennison. They also own sister station
KILJ 1130 AM.
In addition to the music, the station provides national, state and local news, along with high school and college sports, weather, and grain and livestock markets.
According to the company website, the station was started by Frosty Mitchell and former Iowa governor
Robert D. Ray in 1970. Paul and Joyce Dennison purchased the station in 1977.
The sports department is headed by Slaten Swords, providing play-by-play for several southeast Iowa prep programs.
Yorke Prough leads the news department.
The transmitter and broadcast tower are located southwest of Mount Pleasant on Oakland Mills Road. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the level.
FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
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is .
References
External links
KILJ-FM website
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