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WHO (AM)
WHO (1040 kHz "Newsradio 1040") is a commercial AM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and carries a conservative news/talk radio format, with studios on Grand Avenue in Des Moines.
WHO broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for AM stations in the United States. It uses a non-directional antenna from a transmitter site on 148th Street South in Mitchellville, Iowa. WHO programming is also heard on the second HD Radio digital subchannel of co-owned KDRB (100.3 FM), and the station is Iowa's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
WHO dates back to the early days of broadcasting and is a Class A clear-channel station. The station is one of only two 50,000-watt AM radio stations in Iowa. The other is KXEL in Waterloo. However, WHO was originally a Class I-A, while KXEL was given Class I-B status, requiring a directional antenna at night, to avoid interfering with the other Class I-B station on 1540, ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas. Due to WHO's high power and Iowa's flat land (with excellent soil conductivity), it has an unusually large daytime coverage area, equivalent to a full-power FM station. It provides at least secondary coverage to almost all of Iowa, as well as parts of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. At night, it can be heard at night across much of North America with a good radio, but is strongest in the Central United States.
Weekdays on WHO begin with a three-hour news and information program, The WHO Morning Show. Two local hosts have talk shows on weekdays, Jeff Angelo in late mornings and Simon Conway in afternoon drive time. The rest of the schedule is made up of nationally syndicated programs, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning with John Trout.
Saturdays begin with a local show, Saturday Morning Live with Dave Bohl. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, Armstrong & Getty, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Weekend with Michael Brown, and The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey. Programs on investing, health, technology, pets and religion are also heard, some of which are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
WHO has been the longtime flagship station of University of Iowa sports. Jim Zabel, who joined WHO in 1944, was the play-by-play voice for Hawkeyes football and basketball games from 1949 to 1996. That is when the University of Iowa licensed exclusive rights to do radio play-by-play to Learfield Sports, which picked Gary Dolphin as the play-by-play announcer for Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball.
WHO broadcasts its local shows from the Iowa State Fair for the duration of that event.
Each December, WHO collaborates with the Pinky Swear Foundation to host the annual Pinky Swear Radiothon, a full day of storytelling and fundraising to support children with cancer and their families. The event features emotional interviews, family spotlights, and live donor calls. Over the past ten years, the radiothon has raised more than two million dollars to help cover everyday expenses such as housing, gas, and groceries for families facing childhood cancer.
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WHO (AM)
WHO (1040 kHz "Newsradio 1040") is a commercial AM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and carries a conservative news/talk radio format, with studios on Grand Avenue in Des Moines.
WHO broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for AM stations in the United States. It uses a non-directional antenna from a transmitter site on 148th Street South in Mitchellville, Iowa. WHO programming is also heard on the second HD Radio digital subchannel of co-owned KDRB (100.3 FM), and the station is Iowa's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
WHO dates back to the early days of broadcasting and is a Class A clear-channel station. The station is one of only two 50,000-watt AM radio stations in Iowa. The other is KXEL in Waterloo. However, WHO was originally a Class I-A, while KXEL was given Class I-B status, requiring a directional antenna at night, to avoid interfering with the other Class I-B station on 1540, ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas. Due to WHO's high power and Iowa's flat land (with excellent soil conductivity), it has an unusually large daytime coverage area, equivalent to a full-power FM station. It provides at least secondary coverage to almost all of Iowa, as well as parts of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. At night, it can be heard at night across much of North America with a good radio, but is strongest in the Central United States.
Weekdays on WHO begin with a three-hour news and information program, The WHO Morning Show. Two local hosts have talk shows on weekdays, Jeff Angelo in late mornings and Simon Conway in afternoon drive time. The rest of the schedule is made up of nationally syndicated programs, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning with John Trout.
Saturdays begin with a local show, Saturday Morning Live with Dave Bohl. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, Armstrong & Getty, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Weekend with Michael Brown, and The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey. Programs on investing, health, technology, pets and religion are also heard, some of which are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
WHO has been the longtime flagship station of University of Iowa sports. Jim Zabel, who joined WHO in 1944, was the play-by-play voice for Hawkeyes football and basketball games from 1949 to 1996. That is when the University of Iowa licensed exclusive rights to do radio play-by-play to Learfield Sports, which picked Gary Dolphin as the play-by-play announcer for Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball.
WHO broadcasts its local shows from the Iowa State Fair for the duration of that event.
Each December, WHO collaborates with the Pinky Swear Foundation to host the annual Pinky Swear Radiothon, a full day of storytelling and fundraising to support children with cancer and their families. The event features emotional interviews, family spotlights, and live donor calls. Over the past ten years, the radiothon has raised more than two million dollars to help cover everyday expenses such as housing, gas, and groceries for families facing childhood cancer.