KARR (AM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KARR
| logo =
| city = Kirkland, Washington
| area = Seattle metropolitan area
| above =
| translator =
| branding =
| airdate = 1964 (as KYAC)[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=38054 History Cards for KARR], fcc.gov. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
| frequency = 1460 kHz
| format = Defunct
| power = 5,000 watts daytime
2,500 watts nighttime
| class = B
| facility_id = 20669
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KYAC (1964–1975)
KILO (1975–1977)
KGAA (1977-1984)[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=20669&Callsign=KARR20669 Call Sign History], fcc.gov. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
| owner = James A. Dalke
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://live.mystreamplayer.com/familyradio}}
| website = [http://www.familyradio.org/ familyradio.org]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KARR (1460 kHz) was an AM radio station licensed to Kirkland, Washington, United States. It broadcast to the Seattle metropolitan area and was last owned by James A. Dalke.
KARR used a directional antenna at all times, broadcasting at 5,000 watts by day and 2,500 watts at night. Its transmitter was off 127th Place NE in Kirkland.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=karr&nav= Radio-Locator.com/KARR]
History
The 1460 frequency in the Seattle area first was used by KYAC, which signed on in 1964.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1967/B%202%20Radio%201967%20YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 page B-175] It was owned by Carl-Dek, Inc. and aired a country music format, and would later flip to an R&B format. The station was a daytimer, broadcasting at 5,000 watts but required to go off the air at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 1460. In 1975, KYAC moved to 1250 AM.
Also in 1975, a new station signed on at AM 1460. KILO aired an album rock format. In 1977, it became KGAA, a country music station owned by Monroe Broadcasting, a Spokane-based company that also owned that city's country station, KGA.
In 1979, KGAA flipped to an MOR format. The station was sold that year to Community Communications of Gresham, Oregon.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19801021&id=GK8SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4908,1275449 Spokane Daily Chronicle: "Sale of Country Radio Stations Expected", 21 October 1980, via Google News.] In 1983, the station was granted the right to broadcast full-time by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The station changed its call sign to KARR in 1984, and flipped to an adult standards format, utilizing the "Music of Your Life" network feed.
In 1985, KARR went dark due to financial problems. The following September, KARR returned to the air as an affiliate of Family Radio, and would be owned Family Radio itself.
On February 12, 2014, Family Radio announced that KARR would suspend operations on 28 February due to the expiration of the lease at its transmitter location.{{cite news|title=Family Stations' Seattle AM To Go Dark on 28 February|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/126869/family-stations-seattle-am-to-go-dark-on-february-|access-date=18 February 2014|newspaper=All Access|date=17 February 2014}} KARR returned to the air with reduced power from a temporary transmitter site on 23 February 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101671880&formid=910&fac_num=20669|title = CDBS Print}}
Effective August 6, 2015, the station was sold to James A. Dalke, for a price of $3,000.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151117043242/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101679865&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=1 Asset Purchase Agreement], fcc.gov. Accessed 22 August 2015 Dalke has continued to operate KAAR with oldies programming, restoring it to 250 watts.
The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on August 8, 2024.{{cite web|url= https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=20669|title=License Cancelled|work=Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System|date=August 8, 2024|access-date=August 8, 2024}}
References
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External links
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