KICL (96.3 FM) is an American

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licensed to

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, United States. The station serves the Des Moines area. A sale of KICP and sister station KICL to

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was completed in early November 2011. Both stations went silent upon completion of the sale, but returned to the air on November 21, 2011, airing

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's Classical Network. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 6,000 watts. On August 5, 2011, Connoisseur announced the sale of both KZHZ (now KICP) and KZHC (now KICL) to

, which announced plans to convert the two stations into non-commercial outlets. The sale closed on October 31, 2011. The stations are planned to broadcast a 24-hour-a-day

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format."Connoisseur Media sells its Des Moines-area FMs to Iowa Public Radio"
from Radio-Info (August 5, 2011) On November 1, 2011, KZHC changed its call sign to KICL.

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