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Overview
KIWR is an alternative station on 89.7 FM, licensed to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Listeners know it as “89.7 The River.” It first signed on in 1981.
License and signal
- Call sign
- KIWR
- Frequency
- 89.7 FM
- Format
- Alternative
- On-air name
- 89.7 The River
- City of license
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Market
- Omaha, NE
- Licensee
- Iowa Western Community College
- Power
- 100,000 watts
- Station class
- C
- First on air
- 1981
- FCC facility ID
- 29126
- Website
- 897theriver.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from Compass Media Networks. The FCC license is held by Iowa Western Community College.
Online, it is at 897theriver.com. Council Bluffs is in the Omaha, NE market, where local newspapers include The Daily Nonpareil.
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KIWR at a glance
- Frequency
- 89.7 FM
- On air as
- 89.7 The River
- Format
- Alternative
- Licensed to
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Market
- Omaha, NE








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