KLKC (AM)

Last updated
KLKC
Broadcast area Pittsburg, Kansas
Frequency 1540 kHz
BrandingFox Sports 106.7 FM
Programming
Format News/Talk, Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Wayne Gilmore and Greg Chalker
  • (Parsons Media Group, LLC)
KLKC-FM
History
First air date
October 26, 1948 (1948-10-26)
Call sign meaning
K
Labette
Kansas
County
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 12832
Class D
Power 250 watts day
1 watt night
Transmitter coordinates
 37°20′35.00″N95°13′55.00″W / 37.3430556°N 95.2319444°W / 37.3430556; -95.2319444
Translator(s) 106.7 K294DE (Parsons)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website klkcradio.com

KLKC (1540 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports and news/talk format licensed to Parsons, Kansas, United States. It serves the Pittsburg area. The station is currently owned by Wayne Gilmore and Greg Chalker through licensee Parsons Media Group, LLC.

Contents

History

KLKC signed on October 26, 1948. [2] It was owned by a group of local residents organized as the Community Broadcasting Company and broadcast with 250 watts during daytime hours only. [3] The Sun Publishing Company acquired a majority stake in the station in 1950, with Carol B. Combs acquiring a majority stake in 1954. [3] Combs moved the station from its initial home in the Faye Hotel to new quarters in the First National Bank building. [4]

In June 1978, the Federal Communications Commission awarded a construction permit for KLKC to build a companion FM station, utilizing the existing studios and AM transmitter site, and to begin as a simulcast of the daytime AM outlet. [5] KLKC-FM 93.5 began broadcasting on October 6 of that year. [6] Also in 1978, Carol Combs retired from the station at the age of 85; she continued to own it until her death in 1996 at the age of 103. [7]

The station remained at the First National Bank building for 35 years. However, in 1986, storm damage prompted the FM station to be unable to telecast in stereo. In 1989, KLKC built new studios and offices at the transmitter site, restoring FM stereo capability. [4] The two stations continued to broadcast an adult contemporary format, with the FM simulcasting 80 percent of the AM's programming. [8]

After not being sold in nearly 50 years, KLKC went through two sales in a three-year span. In 2004, Acme Broadcasting bought the AM and FM outlets for $250,000. [9] A year later, the Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center, which owned KSEK-AM-FM in the Pittsburg area, acquired KLKC-AM-FM for nearly $335,000. [10]

In 2015, the Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center sold its Pittsburg and Parsons stations to different owners. Parsons Media Group, owned by Wayne Gilmore and former station employee Greg Chalker, acquired the KLKC stations for $30,000; the seller also received five 30-second commercial ads per day on the stations for a period of two years. [11] By that time, the 1540 AM frequency was airing a classic country format known as "Katy Country". [12] The buyers executed a time brokerage agreement to immediately begin programming both stations. [12]

On January 1, 2016, KLKC changed its format from classic country to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio. Local and national sports had long been a part of KLKC's programming; current FCC chairman Ajit Pai has recalled listening to the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 World Series and to high school basketball games on KLKC AM, [13] and he has frequently mentioned KLKC in advocating for revitalization of the AM band. [14]

Translator

In November 2018, KLKC AM began broadcasting over translator K294DE (106.7 FM), which is located on its AM transmitter tower; the translator signed on just after KLKC's 70th anniversary. [15]

Programming

KLKC airs national Fox Sports Radio programming as well as play-by-play of the Kansas City Royals and Kansas Jayhawks and Labette County High School sporting events. It also airs some non-sports programs, including "Doctor on Call" and "Cardinal Corner". [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KLKC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Parsons Radio Station KLKC Now on the Air". The Iola Register. October 27, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "History Cards for KLKC". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  4. 1 2 "KLKC radio announces plan to build new office". Parsons Sun. October 19, 1989. p. 14. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Radio Station Here Granted FM Permit". Parsons Sun. June 21, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. ↑ "FM Station to Transmit". Parsons Sun. October 6, 1978. p. 16. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Longtime Parsons media figure dies". Iola Register. Associated Press. February 28, 1996. p. 2. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "KLKC (AM)" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. 2000. p. D-175 (641). Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Transactions". Radio Business Report. January 6, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. October 15, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  11. ↑ Venta, Lance (July 24, 2015). "Station Sales Week Of 7/24: EMF Purchases Six From Family Radio". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  12. 1 2 Wetzel, Jared (August 6, 2015). "Parsons Media Group signs time brokerage agreement for KLKC Radio". KOAM. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Talking to Wayne Cabot, Pai Recalls KC Youth and FCC Rise". Inside Radio. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. ↑ Pai, Ajit (April 9, 2013). "Read What Ajit Pai Said About AM". RadioWorld. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  15. 1 2 "KLKC adds 106.7 FM to its offerings". Parsons Sun. November 3, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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