KQKL (95.3
FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to serve the community of
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States, along with Fort Madison. It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is named after the Sauk chief Keokuk, who is ...
. The station was owned by Dana Withers'
Withers Broadcasting Companies, through licensee Withers Broadcasting Company of Iowa, LLC, until April 14, 2016, until it was sold to
Educational Media Foundation
Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.
EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's large ...
.
Originally KIMI, the station was assigned the KOKX-FM call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on January 16, 1984
The station changed its call sign to KQKL to September 12, 2019.
Format
In February 2010, KOKX-FM split away from Citadel Media Networks' "Greatest Mojo" network, formerly known as Classic Hits Radio, and Oldies Radio before that. Until April 2016, it aired what appears to be an Oldies feed from
Waitt Radio Networks. After the sale, the station was taken off the air. As of May 2016, the station remained off the air due to needed repairs and "access issues" at the tower site.
In August 2016, the station returned to the air as an affiliate of the
K-Love radio network.
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Radio stations established in 1973
1973 establishments in Iowa
K-Love radio stations
Educational Media Foundation radio stations
QKL (FM)
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