KHKI (97.3 FM) is a

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. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a

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known as "97.3 Nash FM." On weekdays, local DJs are heard during the day, while in the evening, KHKI airs two nationally syndicated Nash FM programs from parent company Cumulus, including "Nash Nights Live" and "The Blair Garner Show." On weekends, " Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" is heard. KHKI's studios are in Urbandale, Iowa, with other Cumulus Des Moines stations: KJJY, KGGO, KWQW, and

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. Its

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is located on Northwest 100th Street on the border between

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and Johnston. While the maximum power for most FM stations in Iowa is 100,000

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s, KHKI's

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(ERP) is slightly higher, at 105,000 watts; because KHKI dates back to 1961, it is grandfathered at the higher output.

History

The station first signed on the air in February 1961 as KDMI. It was owned by Richards & Associates, Inc. There was no AM counterpart. KDMI was a rare stand-alone FM station in an era when few people owned FM radios. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, KDMI aired a

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format. In 1993, the station was acquired by American Radio Systems. On January 2, 1994, KDMI began stunting with an electronic countdown to 5:30 p.m. on January 7. At that time, the station, now under new KHKI call letters, flipped to a

format as "97.3 KHKI, Hawkeye Country" (with the new branding referring to the team name for the

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). Later, the station rebranded to "The Hawk 97-3" before becoming "97.3 The Hawk." On May 24, 2013, KHKI became "Nash FM 97.3" as part of Cumulus' plan to convert most of its 84 Country-formatted properties to the " Nash FM" brand."Cumulus Launches Five Additional NashFM's"
from Radio Insight (May 24, 2013)

References

External links

Official Site
Country radio stations in the United States Cumulus Media radio stations Radio stations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Iowa HKI {{Iowa-radio-station-stub