KXRA (AM)

KXRA

Broadcast area	Alexandria, Minnesota
Branding	KXRA
Slogan	News Talk Radio
Frequency	1490 kHz (AM) 100.3 (FM) (MHz)
First air date	1949
Format	News/Talk
Power	1,000 watts
Owner	Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
Sister stations	KXRA-FM, KXRZ
Website	www.kxra.com

KXRA is a News/Talk radio station on 1490 AM and translator channel K262AT at 100.3 FM in Alexandria, Minnesota owned by Paradis Broadcasting Inc, which also owns KXRZ and KXRA-FM.

Popular Shows

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.

Highlights

The Morning Show with Patty and Denis Mon-Fri 6am-9am
Open Line Mon-Fri 9am-10am
Swap Shop Mon-Fri 1pm-2pm
Sports Talk - Mon-Fri 2pm-4pm and Saturday Morning from 10am-noon.
Garage Logic with Joe Soucheray Mon-Fri 4-5pm
The 5pm News Hour with Alex Johnson Mon-Fri 5-6pm
The Phil Valentine show Mon-Fri 6-9pm
Cardinal Sports Report - Daily
Successful Farming Radio Magazine
In Fisherman Radio
Home Grown - Saturday 9:05am – 9:45am

Contests

Aprils Harley give away

Staff

Patty Wicken, Morning Show Host and Open Line Co-Host
Dennis Anhalt, News Director and Open Line Host
Dave McClurg, Sports Director
Mark Anthony, Program director and Swap Shop Host
Alex Johnson, 5pm News Hour
Charlie Christopherson
Tom Chorley

External links

KXRA website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KXRA

Radio-Locator Information on KXRA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KXRA

Radio stations in the Alexandria, Minnesota market

By FM frequency	88.9 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.3 94.3 95.7 96.5 97.3 99.3 99.7 100.7 102.5 103.9 104.7 107.1

By AM frequency	660 870 920 960 1070 1400 1490

By callsign	K208EQ K219FA KCLD-FM KEYL KIKV-FM KJJK-FM KKOK-FM KLTF KMGK KNCM KNSR KPRM KQIC KRVY-FM KSJR-FM KSKK KULO KWAD KXDL KXRA KXRA-FM KXRZ WBHR

Nearby radio markets Brainerd Fargo–Moorhead Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Minneapolis–St. Paul St. Cloud Watertown Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

Coordinates: 45°52′06″N 95°21′48″W / 45.86833°N 95.36333°W / 45.86833; -95.36333

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