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KDPS
KDPS is a radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. The station is owned by Des Moines Public Schools. The school district programs the station during daytime hours with a variety of rock music styles and staffs it with high school students who are learning radio. Most evenings and on weekends, KDPS is programmed by Grand View University with alternative rock music on weeknights and children's music on weekends, however every Friday is called Hip Hop Friday, as they play hip hop the entire day.
The station's rock
music schedule runs 7 a.m. to midnight on weekdays during the school year. During June and July the high school and college students broadcast from the Grand View University studios during the daytime hours. KDPS is off the air for weekdays in August due to the summer break but the webcasting and weekend Kids Radio Mania continues.
Children's programming.
Kids Radio Mania is the station's weekend radio programming format. Kids Radio Mania is produced by Professor Stephen Winzenburg at Grand View University and airs every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11