KPKL

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KPKL
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Broadcast area Spokane metropolitan area
Frequency 107.1 MHz
BrandingKool 107.1
Programming
Format Oldies
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Robert Anthony and Patricia Fogal
  • (Spokane Broadcasting Company, LLC)
History
First air date
October 1983;40 years ago (1983-10)
Former call signs
  • KNOI (1983–1986)
  • KAZZ (1986–2012) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 3922
Class C3
ERP 25,000  watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 48°01′45″N117°35′57″W / 48.02917°N 117.59917°W / 48.02917; -117.59917
Repeater(s) 107.1 KPKL-FM1 (Spokane)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kool1071.com

KPKL (107.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Deer Park, Washington, and serving the Spokane metropolitan area. [3] The station airs an oldies radio format. The broadcast license is held by Robert Anthony and Patricia Fogal, through licensee Spokane Broadcasting Company, LLC. Rob Harder is the CEO.

Contents

KPKL's studios and offices are on East Greenbush Avenue in Colbert, Washington. The transmitter is in Loon Lake, Washington, of U.S. Route 395. [4] KPKL also operates a booster station in Spokane, 5,000 watt KPKL-FM-1, transmitting from the top of an apartment building on South Westcliff Place. [5] Due to financial problems, the station was off the air under previous owners for twelve months in 2008-2009 and nine months in 2012.

History

In September 1983, the station first signed on as KNOI. [6] It was owned by Tri-County Broadcasting and aired an adult contemporary music format. The power at first was only 3,000 watts, so it did not reach most of the Spokane radio market from its Deer Park location.

KAZZ logo until 2009 KAZZ-FM logo.png
KAZZ logo until 2009

On April 1, 1986, the station was assigned the KAZZ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [1] The station featured veteran 1970s WHYI Miami DJs Mark In The Dark and Big Al, and also included local radio veterans JP Bzet and Dean Jaxson. On February 29, 1994, the station aired a children's radio format, as a Radio AAHS Network affiliate, the only FM station on the network.

According to the FCC records, the station went dark on June 4, 2008. On June 16, 2008, it applied for special temporary authority (STA) to "remain silent" which was granted on July 9, 2008. [7] The reason given in the application was "a secured creditor has seized transmitting equipment necessary to the operation of the station." Per the FCC notification, KAZZ's license would automatically expire as a matter of law if broadcast operations did not resume by 12:01 a.m. on June 5, 2009. KAZZ stayed off the air for almost a year.

In May 2009, an application was filed with the FCC for the involuntary assignment of the KAZZ broadcast license from Proactive Communications, Inc., to Nancy L. Isserlis, acting as receiver for KAZZ. The transfer was approved by the FCC on May 15, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on the same day. [8] The station resumed broadcasting in June 2009, with a classic hits music format branded as "K-HITS." [9]

KAZZ fell silent again on March 2, 2012, due to financial problems. This time, the station was off the air for nine months. On September 26, 2012, KAZZ's license was transferred to Robert Anthony and Patricia Fogal's Spokane Broadcasting Company, LLC, for consideration of $450,000. The station's call sign was changed the same day to KPKL. KPKL went back on the air on November 12, at first stunting with Christmas music. [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KPKL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KPKL
  5. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KPKL-FM-1
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page D-273
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20080616AAR)". FCC Media Bureau. July 9, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-20090511BAU)". FCC Media Bureau. May 15, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Spokane meet KHITS". Spokane Radio News. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Kool 107.1 to Launch in Spokane".
  11. ↑ "KOOL 107.1 Spokane - "Break In" Spot 1". YouTube . February 6, 2013.
  12. ↑ "KOOL 107.1 - "Break In" Spot #2". YouTube . February 7, 2013.
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