KKMA (99.5 FM, "Classic Rock 99.5") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format. The station is licensed to

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, and serves

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. KKMA is owned by Powell Broadcasting.

History

KKMA signed on in 1989 with an

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2 ...

format known as "Kool 99.5". Kool 99.5 later morphed into classic hits by 2004, and

by 2006 successfully competing with Clear Channel's KSEZ "Z98" for the lucrative upper demographics in Sioux City and continues to do so.

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{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Iowa Companies based in Iowa Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1989 Iowa culture 1989 establishments in Iowa