KFMW

KFMW
City of license	Waterloo, Iowa
Broadcast area	Waterloo-Cedar Rapids
Branding	Rock 108
Slogan	Iowa's Pure Rock
Frequency	107.9 MHz
First air date	November 1968 (as KWWL-FM)
Format	Active rock
ERP	77,000 watts
HAAT	550 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	51664
Callsign meaning	K FM Waterloo
Former callsigns	KWWL-FM (1968-1973)
Owner	NRG Radio, LLC (NRG License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	KOKZ, KPTY, KXEL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	rock108.com

KFMW (107.9 FM), known as "Rock 108", is a radio station based in Waterloo, Iowa. The station has an active rock format. Its signal is transmitted from the AFLAC Tower north of Rowley, Iowa.

History

KFMW came on the air in November 1968 as KWWL-FM and was originally owned by Black Hawk Broadcasting Company of Waterloo. It was one of two radio stations owned by Black Hawk Broadcasting's NBC affiliate, KWWL-TV, and for approximately 10 years, KWWL-FM/KFMW programmed an instrumental music format of what was called "beautiful music" by some and "elevator music" by most. It ran this format until the early 1980s when it was flipped to a contemporary hit radio format. It remained a CHR format until approximately 1992 when it was given its current name, "Rock 108." The station was essentially a classic rock station for a few years, morphed into an alternative rock format for a time in the mid-1990s, and eventually began an active rock stance in the late 1990s which it remains today.

The station was sold by Black Hawk Broadcasting to Forward Broadcasting in the early 1980s, sold to Park Broadcasting in the late 1980s, to Bahakel Communications based in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1996, to Woodward Communications of Dubuque, Iowa in 2012, and to NRG Radio, LLC in 2014.

KFMW is the #1 ranked rock station in eastern Iowa, serving the Waterloo/Cedar Falls metropolitan area as well as new owner NRG Radio's home base of Cedar Rapids.

External links

KFMW's official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KFMW

Radio-Locator information on KFMW

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KFMW

Radio stations in the Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 90.9 92.3 93.5 94.5 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 101.9 102.9 105.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	600 640 950 1040 1090 1250 1330 1470 1540 1650

By callsign	K259AV K297BS KBOL-LP KBBG KCFI KCNZ KCRR KCVM KFMW KHKE KKHQ-FM KNWS KNWS-FM KOEL KOEL-FM KOKZ KPTY KULT-LP KUNI KWAY KWAY-FM KWVI KXEL KZIA WHO WOI WMT

Defunct	KXGM 850 AM

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Des Moines–Ames Dubuque Ft. Dodge La Crosse Mason City Rochester Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Radio stations in the Cedar Rapids–Iowa City market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.9 91.7 92.3 93.1 94.1 95.7 96.5 98.1 99.1 99.7 100.7 101.9 102.9 104.5 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	600 800 860 910 1040 1360 1380 1450 1540 1600 1630

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.450

By callsign	KBEA-FM KCCK-FM KCII KCII-FM KCJJ KDAT KFMW KGYM KHAK KJY64 KKHQ-FM KKRQ KKSY-FM KMJM KMRY KNWS-FM KOKZ KOSY-FM KRNA KRQN KRUI-FM KSKB KSUI KUNI KWPC KXEL KXGM KXIC KZIA WHO WMT WSUI WXL61

Nearby radio markets Burlington Dubuque Des Moines–Ames Fort Dodge Ottumwa Quad Cities Waterloo–Cedar Falls See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Active rock radio stations in the state of Iowa

By frequency	97.9 103.3 107.9

By callsign	KAZR KFMW KSEZ

By city	Pella/Des Moines Sioux City Waterloo

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Iowa See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

NRG Media

Illinois	WCMY WIXN WJBD WJBD-FM WRCV WRKX WSEY

Iowa	KFMW KOKZ KPTY KXEL

Nebraska	KBBK KFGE KGFW KLIN KLNC KMMQ KOIL KOOO KOPW KOZN KQKQ-FM KQKY KRNY KROR KSYZ-FM KZOT

Wisconsin	WBCV WFAW WGLX-FM WHDG WHTQ WKCH WLKD WMQA-FM WOBT WRHN WRLO-FM WSJY WYTE

Coordinates: 42°24′04″N 91°50′38″W / 42.401°N 91.844°W / 42.401; -91.844

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