KNSL (97.9 MHz) is a public radio station licensed to Lamoni, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by Iowa Public Radio, Inc. (IPR)
KNSL carries Iowa Public Radio's "News" and "Studio One" services, featuring news/talk programming from IPR and National Public Radio in the daytime. In the evenings, the station carries "Studio One," airing adult album alternative music on weeknights, with jazz, blues and folk music also heard on weekends. KNSL is a simulcast of WOI-FM, the flagship station in Ames, Iowa.
History On August 6, 1984, the station signed on as KLAL.Broadcasting Yearbook 1986 page B-105 It was initially on 97.7 MHz, broadcasting at only 1,300 watts, a fraction of its current power. Dwaine F. Meyer was the owner, and KLAL played adult contemporary music.
Around 1997, the station went off the air to rebuild and move one notch up the dial to 97.9 MHz. That was coupled with a boost in power to 50,000 watts. When it returned to the airwaves, it was KIIC, owned by Continental Broadcasting of Iowa, which played classic country music.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 page D-177
In 2004, Iowa Public Radio paid $450,000 to buy the station.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-222 It became a non-commercial public station. The following year, the call sign was changed to KOWI. In 2012, the call sign was switched to KNSL to indicate that the station is an affiliate of IPR's "News" and "Studio One" networks in Lamoni.
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