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| Broadcast area | |
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| Frequency | 1540 kHz |
| Branding | KXEL News/Talk 1540 |
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| History | |
First air date | July 14, 1942 |
Call sign meaning | "Excel" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35950 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 100.5 K263BZ (Waterloo) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KXEL (1540 AM), branded as News/Talk 1540, is a Class A, clear-channel radio station serving the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas with a All-news radio/Talk radio format.
KXEL is one of two FCC Class 1-A stations in Iowa, the other being WHO in Des Moines. It operates at 50,000 watts, 24 hours a day from a two-tower facility near Dysart, IA on the Benton/Tama County line. A single tower is used during the day for a non-directional signal. It provides secondary coverage to most of eastern Iowa during the day (as far west as Des Moines, as far south as Ottumwa and as far east as Dubuque and as far north as Mason City). At night, power is fed to both towers in a directional pattern to protect ZNS-1, Nassau, Bahamas. Due to the cardioid-shaped pattern aimed north, KXEL's skywave signal can be heard throughout the northern plains states and central Canadian provinces.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXEL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.