“We don’t think outside the box at KDSN because we couldn’t find one big enough.”
AM Coverage
Location: Crawford County, in the heart of west central Iowa, slogan “Leading West Central Iowa”
Format: AM 1530 Country Music, heavy farm markets
FM 107.1 Contemporary music with 60s-90s music blended in.
Michael Dudding
General Manager: Michael Dudding
History of the station:
AM 1530 started in April 1956.
FM 107.1 started in 1969. Don Uker and Walt Morrison were primary owners. Wayne Specht, owned it for a short period of time before KDSN was bought in 1993.
About KDSN:
KDSN localizes national, state news and how it affects citizens living in west central Iowa.
KDSN broadcasts live – non stop during severe weather with live announcers
They provide rotating play by play of area high school girls and boys basketball tournaments – up to 4 different locations each night.
KDSN has an annual “Farm 40 Free” contest whereas one producer will win all the inputs to farm 40 acres of corn absolutely free, and one producer will win all the inputs to farm 40 acres of soybeans absolutely free.
The station has raised over $75,000 during four radio-a-thons for Tornado disaster victims as well as a program called “Moving Veterans Forward.”
Key Personnel:
- Randy Grossman: known as “Mr. Sports”
- Deb Nelson: Promotions director
- Mike Earl: News Director
- Tom Hamilton: Sign on personality.
- Markita Mujica and Kathy Dudding: Primarily responsible for logging, traffic, coop ads, scheduling, financials.
- Melissa Bruck, JJ Johnson, Libbie Schillerberg: Sales reps
- Cassandra Eich: Front office receptionist
- Tabby Huebert and Becca Baumhover: On air personalities
- Dick Keane: Engineer
