1560 AM, Council Bluffs, IA
City of License: Council Bluffs, Iowa
First Air Date: October 31, 1947
Original Call Letters: KSWI
Date of FCC Issue: October 31, 1947
Issued To: Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Abe Slusky Bob Wilkins Clair Gross J. LeRoy Spurgeon James J. Conroy Joe Siedlick John Mitchell
KSWI goes on air (as South West Iowa). Studios were located in the Strand Theater in Council Bluffs.
April, 1964- station sold from Nonpareil to Abe Slusky and Clair Gross. Stock purchased by J. LeRoy Spurgeon. Studios were moved to a location at 546 Mynster Street and the call letters were changed to KRCB ("Radio Council Bluffs").
July, 1967- Slusky sells KRCB to a Michigan Lawyer, James J. Conroy.
March, 1969- KRCB adopts a Top 40 format, and would add an FM sister station, KRCB-FM (98.5)
The polka music programming that had been a popular feature on KSWI was given new life on KRCB as "The Big Joe Polka Show", hosted by Joe Siedlick and aired on Sunday mornings.
January 24, 1975-Station is sold to John C. Mitchell.
October 25, 1978- Station call letters changed to KQXV.( the "XV" being the Roman numeral for 15, representing the station's approximate position on the AM dial.)
April 12, 1979- Station call letters changed to KLNG. ( the KLNG calls originally were assigned to 1490 AM, which had a news/talk format in the 1970's.
Station changes format to R&B/Soul and goes by the moniker, "The Wizard".
Station is purchased by Bob Wilkins, with Wilkins Communications. Station later receives FCC approval for a power increase to 10,000 watts day, 2,100 watts critical hours. Format: Christian Programming.