KLER (AM) explained

KLER
City:Orofino, Idaho
Branding:Us Country 13
Frequency:1300 kHz
Format:Country music
Power:5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Licensing Authority:FCC
Class:B
Facility Id:9886
Callsign Meaning:Station was originally owned by the Clearwater Broadcasting Company
Former Callsigns:KOZE (1964-199?)
Owner:Jeffery and Monica Jones
Licensee:Central Idaho Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister Stations:KLER-FM

KLER (1300 AM) is a radio station in the western United States, broadcasting a country music format in Orofino, Idaho. The station is currently owned by Jeffery and Monica Jones, through licensee Central Idaho Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network.[1]

KLER broadcasts Major League Baseball as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners radio network.[2]

History of call letters

The call letters KLER were previously assigned to a station in Rochester, Minnesota. It broadcast on 970 kHz with 500 W power (daytime). That station became an ABC affiliate October 1, 1948.[3] The station was bought out by KROC and signed off May 31, 1952.[4] From as early as 1964 and throughout the 1980s, its call-letters changed to KOZE-AM with a Top-40 format.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KLER Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  2. Web site: Broadcast affiliates . Seattle Mariners . September 23, 2018.
  3. News: ABC Adds KLER. 4 January 2015. Broadcasting. August 30, 1948.
  4. News: KROC Buys Out KLER, Rochester. Winona Republican-Herald. 10. May 31, 1952. October 30, 2020.