KLER (AM)

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KLER
City Orofino, Idaho
Frequency 1300 kHz
BrandingUs Country 13
Programming
Format Country music
Affiliations ABC Radio,
Jones Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerJeffery and Monica Jones
(Central Idaho Broadcasting, Inc.)
KLER-FM
History
First air date
1958 (1958)
Former call signs
KOZE (1964-199?)
Call sign meaning
Station was originally owned by the Clearwater Broadcasting Company [1]
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 9886
Class B
Power 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
46°28′41″N116°14′34″W / 46.47806°N 116.24278°W / 46.47806; -116.24278 Coordinates: 46°28′41″N116°14′34″W / 46.47806°N 116.24278°W / 46.47806; -116.24278
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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. [2]

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KLER broadcasts Major League Baseball as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners radio network. [3]

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. [4] The station was bought out by KROC and signed off May 31, 1952. [5] From as early as 1964 and throughout the 1980s, its call-letters changed to KOZE-AM with a Top-40 format.

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References

  1. FCC History Cards for KLER
  2. "KLER Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "Broadcast affiliates". Seattle Mariners. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  4. "ABC Adds KLER" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 30, 1948. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. "KROC Buys Out KLER, Rochester". Winona Republican-Herald. May 31, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved October 30, 2020.