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KRNA Returns To Classic Rock

Posted: 14 Aug 2016 05:51 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...-classic-rock/



Townsquare Media Alternative 94.1 KRNA Iowa City/Cedar Rapids flipped to
Classic Rock at 5pm Friday.

The move was billed as returning the station to its roots playing the music
it played during its heyday. It had launched as an AOR in the 70s before
seguing to Active Rock in the early 2000s and Alternative in 2014. The
airstaff outside of the syndicated Free Beer Hot Wings remains in-tact.

KRNA registered a 1.9 share in the Spring 2016 Nielsen Audio ratings. The
move will position the station directly against iHeartMedias 100.7 The Fox
KKRQ Iowa City, which ranked third in the market with a 7.1 share.

Welcome To The Jungle, baby.

And welcome back to your long gone friends. The ones that gave us all the
best classic rock songs. AC/DC, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Def
Leppard.

There are dozens more, now back on the air with the return of Classic Rock
That Rocks on 94.1 KRNA. The station that has flipped positions more
frequently than a greasy politician has now come home for good. But at
5:00 p.m. Friday, August 12, KRNA has returned to Classic Rock.

“The Classic Rock format on 94.1 is my all-time favorite,” explains
Operations Manager Mike Ferris. “Every song is a real classic on our
playlist, there’s not a bad one in the bunch. That means you can enjoy
listening longer on the job, in the car, everywhere.”

“We play only the best bands and artists from the Rolling Stones, Queen,
Tom Petty and Pink Floyd to Ozzy Osbourne, U2 and Guns N Roses. Their
tracks are the cornerstone of the biggest, most creative period of modern
music”.

Born in Iowa City, and now licensed and located in Cedar Rapids, 94.1 KRNA
is a 100,000 watt signal that signed on in 1974. Over the years it has
dabbled into various genres of rock, from modern to hard rock, and from
oldies to alternative.

“But it’s Classic Rock that our listeners keep asking us to bring back”
Ferris added, “They know it well, and remember it as the “real” KRNA. And
I’m honored and thrilled to be the one who can deliver it to them today.”