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KIWR
KIWR logo.png
CityCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
Broadcast areaOmaha Metro
Branding89.7 The River
SloganThe Cutting Edge of Rock
Frequency89.7 MHz
FormatAlternative
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT326.0 meters
ClassC
Facility ID29126
Transmitter coordinates41°18′40.00″N 96°1′37.00″W / 41.3111111°N 96.0269444°W / 41.3111111; -96.0269444
Former callsigns
Iowa Western (Community College) Radio
OwnerIowa Western Community College
Website897theriver.com

KIWR (89.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Alternative format.[1] Based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States, the station serves the Omaha Metro area. The station is licensed to Iowa Western Community College.[2] The station has broadcast alternative rock since January 1, 1996. Prior to that, it played Classical music and Jazz.




Contents





  • 1 Spicoli's Morning Fiasco


  • 2 Skinman


  • 3 Nothing But Covers


  • 4 Amplified Afternoons


  • 5 Weeknight and weekend programming


  • 6 Specialty shows


  • 7 Signal


  • 8 Festivals


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links




Spicoli's Morning Fiasco


Hosted by Spicoli with assistance from a student producer, weekday mornings 6 am to 10 am, which includes features like the Uncensored Sports Break, and the River's Pick of the Week, where Spicoli debuts new music from an album that has just been released in stores. Taz phone number is 402-305-2556



Skinman


After the Morning Fiasco its Middays with Tom "Skinman" Skinner from 10 am to 2 pm Monday through Thursday and 10 am to 12 pm on Friday. Skinman has an all request hour from Noon to 1 pm called "The Nooner". On Wednesday, The river takes it back from Noon to 2 pm for " The Old Skool Wednesday Nooner" playing popular hits from the 70's, 80's, 90's and more.



Nothing But Covers


On Friday, Sophia John has created a highly popular covers show where she plays only cover songs from Noon to 2 pm.



Amplified Afternoons


At the end of Middays, Corey and a student producer step in for Amplified Afternoons, weekday afternoons from 2 pm to 6 pm, which includes segments like "Wack Attack", stories about crazy fights and attacks; "the 4 @ 4:00", everyday a listener gets to hear his or her four song choices; "Daily Flight to Florida", Bizarre news stories from Florida; "Nude Dude", stories about naked men (and sometimes women) that make the news; and Road Rage, which is all request music from 5 pm to 6 pm, with the Daily Dose of Metallica at 5:30 pm.



Weeknight and weekend programming


From 6 pm to 3 am Monday through Friday and Saturdays 6 am to Midnight, students attending the Media Studies Program at Iowa Western Community College start their shifts. Weeknights at 7 pm the student DJ plays a new song for a segment called "Turn it or Burn it", where the River listeners get to decide whether or not the station keeps playing the featured song. 89.7 The River has always been a learning tool for students attending the media studies program at IWCC.



Specialty shows


KIWR hosts several "spotlight" radio programs that are not subsets of the regular programming. This includes the 24-year-old Pacific Street Blues which airs Sunday's from 9:00 am to Noon. The Pacific Street Blues radio program was nominated for a KBA or Keeping the Blues Alive award in 2008 and its host, Rick Galusha, has been nominated to the Nebraska Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.[citation needed] Other specialty and syndicated programs include Skratch N Sniff, Subterranean, The Freak Factory, the heavy metal outlet Sunday School, Acoustic Café, Mountain Stage(the station's only NPR program), New Day Rising, Passport Approved, Planet O (local/regional music), Keller's Cellar, and the Grateful Dead hour.



Signal


KIWR's signal is receivable in Omaha and Council Bluffs (The two being the local listening area) and also receivable in Lincoln. Under the right conditions, the station can be heard as far away as Burlington, Iowa.[3]



Festivals


  • August 9, 2005 - River Riot: 311, Breaking Benjamin, Unwritten Law, Danko Jones, No Address, Grasshopper Takeover, Emphatic

  • July 30, 2006 - River Riot: 311, Dashboard Confessional*, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights, Blue October, The Wailers, Matchbook Romance, Say Anything, Pepper, Swizzle Tree, Agent Sparxx, Jazzwholes[4] (Dashboard Confessional cancelled the day of the concert)

  • July 21, 2007 - River Riot: Incubus, Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Fuel, The Exies, Simon Dawes

  • August 2, 2008 - River Riot: 3 Doors Down, Staind, Seether, Filter, Finger Eleven, Sick Puppies, SafetySuit

  • August 14, 2009 - Rockfest: Korn, Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static-X, Suicide Silence, Bury Your Dead, Burn Halo, After Midnight Project

  • August 16, 2009 - River Riot: Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Chester French, Rehab, Dirty Little Rabbits, Pomeroy

  • May 14, 2010 - Rockfest: Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Hellyeah, Papa Roach, Skillet, Halestorm, Dirtfedd

  • August 14, 2010 - River Riot: Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer, Blue October, Cage the Elephant, Emphatic, Flobots, Paper Tongues, Something To Burn

  • May 13, 2011 - Rockfest: Stone Sour, Seether, Hollywood Undead, 10 Years, Escape the Fate, My Darkest Days, Screaming for Silence

  • September 23, 2011 - River Riot: Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Sick Puppies, Bullet for My Valentine, Escape the Fate, Sevendust, Hell Or Highwater

  • May 12, 2012 - Rockfest: Incubus, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Emphatic, After the Fall

  • August 17, 2012 - River Riot: Knotfest: Slipknot, Deftones, Serj Tankian, Prong, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Dethklok, The Urge, Dirtfedd

  • May 11, 2013 - Rockfest: Blue October, Trapt, Taproot, Smile Empty Soul, 10 Years, Sick Puppies, Hollywood Undead, HURT, IAMDYNAMITE

  • May 30, 2014 - Rockfest: Five Finger Death Punch, Black Label Society, HELLYEAH, Killswitch Engage, Sick Puppies, Escape the Fate, Emphatic, Gemini Syndrome

  • May 29, 2015 - Rockfest: Papa Roach, Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless (withdrew right before performance), In This Moment, Starset, We Are Harlot, Emphatic, Arson City, Screaming for Silence

  • June 2, 2015 - No Coast Fest: Cage the Elephant, Bleachers, Joywave, Icky Blossoms, Saint Motel, In The Valley Below

  • May 13, 2016 - Rockfest: Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Clutch, Atreyu, HELLYEAH, Parkway Drive, Corrosion of Conformity, Radkey, Narcotic Self, Matador

  • August 19, 2016 - River Riot: Volbeat, Killswitch Engage, Sick Puppies, Hatebreed, Sevendust, Walls of Jericho, Holy White Hounds, Crobot, Westfield Massacre, Bloodcow *(Cancelled due to weather)

  • May 12, 2017 - Rockfest : Soundgarden, Papa Roach, The Pretty Reckless, Pierce The Veil, Sum 41, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Biffy Clyro, Through Fire*


References




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  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.


  3. ^ http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?695281-FM-Radio-signals-you-ve-received-in-the-Quad-Cities-plus-an-extra/page2


  4. ^ http://www.revenantmedia.com/index.php?Itemid=15&id=612&option=com_content&task=view




External links


  • 89.7 The River Website

  • Pacific Street Blues archive

  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KIWR

  • Radio-Locator information on KIWR

  • Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KIWR









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