Broadcast area | La Grande, Oregon |
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Frequency | 1490 kHz |
Branding | Supertalk 1490 |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network USA Radio Network Westwood One Portland Trail Blazers Radio Network Boise State Broncos football Oregon State Beavers football |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pacific Empire Radio Corporation |
KLBM, KKBC-FM, KUBQ, KRJT | |
History | |
First air date | 1939 |
Call sign meaning | BaKeR |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 24794 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°47′18″N117°48′35″W / 44.78833°N 117.80972°W |
Links | |
Website | KBKR Online |
KBKR (1490 AM, "Supertalk 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Baker City, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The station is owned by the Pacific Empire Radio Corporation.
All five stations owned and operated by Pacific Empire Radio Corporation share a radio studio building in La Grande, Oregon, located at 2510 Cove Ave. [1]
KBKR broadcasts a news/talk radio format in simulcast with sister station KLBM in La Grande, Oregon. [2] Local programing includes a "swap and shop" show called Tradio every weekday morning, a weekday interview show called Your Voice, plus a weekend cooking show called Cooking Outdoors With Mr. BBQ. [3]
Syndicated weekday programs include Daybreak USA hosted by Scott West, talk shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Lars Larson, [4] Laura Schlessinger, Dave Ramsey, and Jerry Doyle, [5] plus Coast To Coast AM hosted by George Noory. [6] Notable weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show , The Financial Safari hosted by Peter D'Arruda, The Weekend hosted by Mike McConnell, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham, [7] and blocks of sports talk from Fox Sports Radio. [3]
KBKR and KLBM broadcast the men's basketball and women's basketball games, home and away, of the Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers. [8] Beginning with the 2009 season, the stations will broadcast the school's college football games as well. [8]
This station began broadcasting on 1500 kHz in 1939. [9] The station was assigned the KBKR call sign by the Federal Communications Commission. [10] Starting in early 1941KBKR was broadcasting with 250 watts of power on a frequency of 1490 kHz under the ownership of the Baker Broadcasting Company which was in turn owned and operated by Glenn McCormick. [9] McCormick also served as the station's general manager while Kenneth B. Lockwood was the commercial manager. [9]
In 1949 KBKR was sold to Inland Radio, Inc., which was in turn owned by broadcasting pioneer Gordon Capps. [11] [12] Lee W. Jacobs was the company president while Kenneth B. Lockwood served as general manager. [13]
On June 1, 1955, KBKR was acquired by Kenneth B. Lockwood and his wife Barbara L. Lockwood operating as the Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company. [14] Kenneth Lockwood continued to serve as the station's general manager, a role he would hold until he sold the station in 1988. [14]
The station received authorization from the FCC in 1962 to increase its daytime signal power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. [15] The nighttime signal stayed at the previous 250 watt output. [15] KBKR maintained its middle of the road music format through the 1970s. [16] [17]
In March 1988, the Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to sell this station to Grande Radio, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 26, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on May 16, 1988. [18]
A full decade later, in May 1998, Grande Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Vista Grande, LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 6, 1998, but the transaction was not consummated and control of KBKR remained with Grande Radio. [19] In March 2000, Grande Radio, Inc., reached a new agreement to sell KBKR, this time to Horizon Broadcasting Group, LLC (William Ackerley, CEO) as part of a four-station deal valued at $1.7 million. [20] [21] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 25, 2000, but once again the transaction was not consummated and Grande Radio retained the KBKR broadcast license. [22] At the time of the aborted sale, KBKR aired a news/talk format. [20]
In June 2004, Grande Radio, Inc., contracted to sell this station to the Pacific Empire Radio Corporation (Mark Bolland, president/CEO) as part of a four-station deal valued at $1.9 million. [23] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 19, 2004, and the transaction was consummated on September 3, 2004. [24] At the time of the sale, KBKR broadcast a talk radio format. [23] The station still utilizes a "shunt fed" style antenna. [25]
Robert Lindahl, the recording engineer on The Kingsmen's famous version of "Louie Louie", [26] worked as a weekend disc jockey for KBKR for a short time in 1941. [27] Lindahl says he was let go, not for anything he did on the air, but because he refused to empty the tank on the station's chemical toilet. [27]
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