WLOL was an old-line AM in Minneapolis on 1330, and it also had an FM sister that was a big CHR in the 80s, WLOL 99 1/2. The House That Keillor Built jettisoned those calls when it bought the stations in the early 90s and took them non-comm.
Then the Kling-on Nation (we're talking about Minnesota Public Radio or the Voice of GK, Garrison Keillor or George Kling, the long-time GM there) jettisoned 1330 to Starboard Media Foundation, a Catholic radio network that promptly restored WLOL. No laughing during the Radio Rosary. WLOL is also on FM in Star City WV, an EWTN affiliate.
And in Iowa, the asses have it. KMA as mentioned earlier in the thread needs no explanation except that it's really for the founder Earl MAy. From Shenandoah traveling east to Iowa City, KRNA is also reportedly named after one of its co-founders, Robby Norton. While his lipstick stained posterior has long left the building, leaving KRNA in a (Cumulus) cloud of dust, Norton et al ownership continues up the road in Cedar Rapids at KZIA and KGYM.
