KXRA (AM)

KXRA
Alexandria, Minnesota;
Broadcast area	Alexandria, Minnesota
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	1490 KXRA
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Leighton Broadcasting; (Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc.);
Sister stations	KXRA-FM, KXRZ
History
First air date	July 27, 1949
Technical information
Facility ID	51523
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	45°52′06″N 95°21′48″W / 45.86833°N 95.36333°W
Translator(s)	100.3 K262AT (Alexandria); 105.7 K289CL (Glenwood)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	voiceofalexandria.com/kxra

KXRA is a news/talk radio station on 1490 AM and translator channels K262AT at 100.3 FM in Alexandria, Minnesota and K289CL at 105.7 FM in Glenwood, Minnesota owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KXRZ and KXRA-FM.

Popular shows[edit]

KXRA hosts the Alexandria areas only local talk shows. Open Line covers news and local events Monday through Thursday at 9am cst. On Friday, The show is Open Topic. Another area favorite is a daily radio show, called Swap Shop. It is broadcast Monday through Saturday at 1pm cst. Listeners can call and are put on the air live. They broadcast items they want to sell or want to buy. Many listeners find used vehicles, appliances, or farm machinery. Another locally produced show is Home Grown. Each Saturday Morning at 9am, Linda Kellerman offers advice to listeners on gardening, lawns and plants. Other features include the reading of funeral announcements daily, county commissioners reports, Cardinal Sports (the local high school,) church services, community news, morning trivia, and the birthday club. This station is a primary source of daily news in Alexandria.

Staff[edit]

Patty Wicken, Morning Show Host and Open Line Co-Host
Mark Anthony, News Director and Open Line Host
Dave McClurg, Sports Director
Jackson, Program director and Midday/Swap Shop Host
Stevie D, 5pm News Hour
Tom Chorley

References[edit]

^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-231. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[by1999-1] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-231. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

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v t e Radio stations in Alexandria, Minnesota (Douglas County)
By AM frequency	660 870 920 960 1070 1400 1490
By FM frequency	88.9 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.3 94.3 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.3 100.7 102.5 103.1 103.9 104.7 107.1
By call sign	K208EQ K219FA K262AT K276GS KBHL KCLD-FM KEYL KIKV-FM KJJK-FM KKOK-FM KLKX-LP KLTF KMGK KNCM KNSR KPRM KQIC KRVY-FM KSJR-FM KSKK KULO KWAD KXDL KXRA KXRA-FM KXRZ WBHR
Nearby regions Brainerd Fargo–Moorhead Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Minneapolis–St. Paul St. Cloud Watertown Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

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