KXRA (AM)

KXRA (AM)

Infobox Radio Station
name = KXRA


city =
area = Alexandria, Minnesota
branding = KXRA
slogan = People Radio
airdate = 1949
frequency = 1490 kHz (AM)
format = News/Talk
power = 1,000 watts
erp =
class =
owner = Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
sister_stations = KXRA-FM, KXRZ
website = [http://www.kxra.com/ www.kxra.com]

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

Popular Shows

KXRA-AM hosts the Alexandria areas only local talk shows. Open Line covers news and local events Monday through Thursday at 9am cst. On Friday, The governor of Minnesota takes the time slot and broadcasts live from St. Paul. 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 the primary source of daily news in Alexandria.

Highlights

*The Lars Larson show
*Cardinal Sports Report
*Successful Farming Radio Magazine
*In Fisherman Radio

Contests

KXRA-FM is well known for their Thousand Dollar Name Game. Throughout the week, listeners give their name to the station. During the day, the station reads names and once their name is read on air, they have 10 minutes to call back to qualify for the Friday drawing. On Friday, one lucky listener who gave their name to the station and qualified could possibly win $1,000.

taff

*Patty Wicken, Morning Show Host and Open Line Co-Host
*Dennis Anhalt, News Director and Open Line Host
*Dave Harris, Sports Director
*Lonnie Wing, Program director and Swap Shop Host
*Kris Walsh, 5pm News Hour
*Charlie Christopherson
*Tom Chorley
*Vance Howe

External links

* [http://www.kxra.com/ KXRA website]
*AMQ|KXRA


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