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KLOE 730 Tower Falls After Historic Wind Event-- And Goes Silent
- Kristina Hemel
- 5 hours ago
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NWKS Radio and Kansas Broadcast Company
Goodland Kansas
December 29 2025
KLOE 730 Tower Falls After Historic Wind Event
Honoring a 75 Plus Year Legacy While Looking Ahead to the Future of Local Broadcasting in Northwest Kansas
NWKS Radio and Kansas Broadcast Company confirm that the broadcast tower for Goodland’s 730 Gold KLOE has fallen following a series of extreme wind events that impacted northwest Kansas in mid to late December.
A Station Rooted in Northwest Kansas History
KLOE first signed on the air in 1948 becoming a trusted voice for Goodland and the surrounding region for more than 75 years. From farm reports and weather coverage to high school sports, local news, and the beloved Good Neighbor Hour, KLOE has long served as a daily companion and community connector across the High Plains. The station celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, a milestone that reflected generations of listeners who grew up with KLOE as part of their daily lives.
What Happened to the Tower
During the powerful windstorm on December 17 and 18, wind gusts across the Kansas Colorado border reached 70 to more than 80 miles per hour with Goodland experiencing gusts near 79 miles per hour. Those winds caused the porcelain insulators at the base of KLOE’s tower to fail, leaving the structure leaning and unstable.
Engineering assessments confirmed the tower itself remained intact but with multiple insulators broken and replacement parts difficult to source the facility could not safely operate. A tower crew was contacted with plans to stabilize and potentially rework the structure, however due to the holidays, crews were unable to reach the site immediately.
Despite hopes that the tower would remain standing until repairs could begin, additional wind gusts late Saturday night December 27 into Sunday December 28 caused the tower to shift and ultimately fall to the southwest into a nearby wheat field. The tower came down without causing any damage to surrounding property or structures and without injury.
What This Means for KLOE
Due to the significant cost of constructing a new AM tower and the realities facing AM broadcasting today, Kansas Broadcast Company has made the difficult decision that KLOE 730 will not be repaired or rebuilt and will go permanently silent.
This was not a decision taken lightly. KLOE represents decades of voices, memories and service to this community. Losing the tower is heartbreaking especially after the work that went into restoring and celebrating the station’s legacy.
Commitment to Goodland and Northwest Kansas Continues
While KLOE’s signal may be silent our commitment to Goodland and northwest Kansas is not.
Kansas Broadcast Company and NWKS Radio continue to operate multiple stations serving the region maintaining a strong local presence and focus on community driven programming. The Good Neighbor Hour, one of KLOE’s most cherished programs, will continue airing weekday mornings from 530 to 700 am Mountain Time on KKCI RockIt 102.5, ensuring that local voices, interviews and information remain accessible.
In addition NWKS Radio is investing further in the community with the hiring of a new News Director who will be relocating to Goodland with his wife in February reinforcing the company’s long term commitment to local news storytelling and service.
Looking Forward
KLOE’s tower may have fallen but its legacy stands tall. The station’s influence helped shape local broadcasting in northwest Kansas and its spirit will live on through continued local programming news coverage and community engagement across NWKS Radio’s stations (100.3 The Ride KRDQ, RockIt 102.5 KKCI, KXXX 790, and FlyOver Country 97.9 KWGB)
We are incredibly grateful to the listeners, advertisers and community members who supported KLOE for generations. We honor its past, mourn its loss and remain fully committed to serving Goodland and northwest Kansas for years to come.
Further updates and local programming information are available at nwksradio.net.
NWKS Radio
Kansas Broadcast Company