KXRA (AM)

KXRA

Broadcast area	Alexandria, Minnesota
Branding	KXRA
Slogan	News Talk Radio
Frequency	1490 kHz (AM) 100.3 (FM) (MHz)
First air date	1949
Format	News/Talk
Power	1,000 watts
Owner	Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
Sister stations	KXRA-FM, KXRZ
Website	www.kxra.com

KXRA is a News/Talk radio station on 1490 AM and translator channel K262AT at 100.3 FM in Alexandria, Minnesota owned by Paradis Broadcasting Inc, which also owns KXRZ and KXRA-FM.

Popular Shows

KXRA hosts the Alexandria areas only local talk shows. Open Line covers news and local events Monday through Thursday at 9am cst. On Friday, The show is Open Topic. Another area favorite is a daily radio show, called Swap Shop. It is broadcast Monday through Saturday at 1pm cst. Listeners can call and are put on the air live. They broadcast items they want to sell or want to buy. Many listeners find used vehicles, appliances, or farm machinery. Another locally produced show is Home Grown. Each Saturday Morning at 9am, Linda Kellerman offers advice to listeners on gardening, lawns and plants. Other features include the reading of funeral announcements daily, county commissioners reports, Cardinal Sports (the local high school,) church services, community news, morning trivia, and the birthday club. This station is a primary source of daily news in Alexandria.

Highlights

• The Morning Show with Patty and Denis Mon-Fri 6am-9am
• Open Line Mon-Fri 9am-10am
• Swap Shop Mon-Fri 1pm-2pm
• Sports Talk - Mon-Fri 2pm-4pm and Saturday Morning from 10am-noon.
• Garage Logic with Joe Soucheray Mon-Fri 4-5pm
• The 5pm News Hour with Alex Johnson Mon-Fri 5-6pm
• The Phil Valentine show Mon-Fri 6-9pm
• Cardinal Sports Report - Daily
• Successful Farming Radio Magazine
• In Fisherman Radio
• Home Grown - Saturday 9:05am – 9:45am

Staff

• Patty Wicken, Morning Show Host and Open Line Co-Host
• Dennis Anhalt, News Director and Open Line Host
• Dave McClurg, Sports Director
• Mark Anthony, Program director and Swap Shop Host
• Alex Johnson, 5pm News Hour
• Charlie Christopherson
• Tom Chorley

External links

• KXRA website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KXRA
• Radio-Locator Information on KXRA
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KXRA