November 20, 1920 – Iowa City radio personality – Gene E. Claussen – is born in Manning of Carroll County, Iowa – the son of Claus and Clara Claussen.

In 1948, Gene Claussen left his job at KMOX in St. Louis to return to Iowa City, where he became the major investor of a new day-time-only radio station – KXIC. A risky endeavor, at best, on June 6, 1948, KXIC-Radio – 800 on the radio dial, and serving as an independent outlet – broadcast its first program, and it’s been on-the-air ever since. As KXIC’s news and sports editor over the next forty years, Claussen endeared himself to local listeners as one of the finest voices of Hawkeye Sports, while also becoming one of Iowa City’s best-known radio personalities.

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