[3] To avoid interfering with other stations on the regional broadcast frequency of AM 1150, it reduces power at night to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna at all times.

The station began 48 hours of stunting by playing Earl Brown's novelty record Pachalafaka for two days with a countdown to "Quickie" and the legal ID of "KWDM Des Moines" inserted in between the song.

KWKY station management also attempted to purchase commercial time on KSO and KIOA to announce that "Quickie is coming."

Going up against two well established Top 40 stations with much stronger signals larger coverage areas was not a successful decision.

With KSO's higher power and better coverage area, KWKY's complicated directional antenna pattern hurt it in the ratings.

After 30 years of Evangelical Christian programming, a local group of Catholic business and religious leaders purchased the station through a non-profit corporation, St. Gabriel Communications.