KKLR-FM explained

KKLR-FM
City:Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Branding:Clear 94
Airdate:August 31, 1989
Frequency:94.5 MHz
Format:Country
Erp:100,000 watts
Haat:245 meters (804 feet)
Class:C1
Facility Id:6016
Coordinates:36.7628°N -90.4342°W
Callsign Meaning:"KLeaR"
Former Callsigns:KPBM-FM (?-1984)
KWOC-FM (1984–1989)
Owner:Max Media
Mississippi River Radio
Licensee:MRR License LLC
Sister Stations:KJEZ, KWOC
Website:clear94.com
Licensing Authority:FCC

KKLR-FM (94.5 FM, "Clear 94") is a radio station licensed to serve Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The station is owned by Max Media. It airs a country music format.[1] KKLR serves Poplar Bluff, southeast Missouri and extreme northeast Arkansas. KKLR's signal can be heard from West Plains, Missouri to Union City, Tennessee and from Farmington, Missouri to Osceola, Arkansas.

The station was assigned the KKLR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 31, 1989.[2]

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, WOOZ-FM, WJPF, KGIR, KZIM, KEZS-FM, KCGQ-FM, KMAL, KLSC, KWOC, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KGKS, and KSIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner).[3] The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arbitron . Station Information Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ . 2010-03-01 .
  2. Web site: Call Sign History . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. News: Southern Illinoisan . Zimmer sells 17 radio stations . 2003-12-19 . John D. . Homan . The Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned media company, announced Wednesday it will sell 17 of its 32 stations [...] to Mississippi River Radio..
  4. News: Broadcasting & Cable . Changing Hands - 1/12/2004 . 2004-01-12.