KLAD-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KLAD-FM
| logo = KLAD-FM logo.png
| logo_size = 230px
| city = Klamath Falls, Oregon
| area = Klamath Falls, Oregon
| branding = 92.5 KLAD
| airdate = July 19, 1974
| frequency = 92.5 MHz
| format = Country
| erp = 63,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|653|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C
| facility_id = 3409
| coordinates = {{coord|42|05|50|N|121|37|59|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KLAD-FM (1974–1978)
KJSN (1978–1996)
| affiliations =
| owner = Basin Meditative LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations = KAGO, KAGO-FM, KFXX-FM, KHIC, KLAD
| webcast = [http://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/kladfm Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.mybasin.com/ mybasin.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KLAD-FM (92.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States. The station, established in 1974, is currently owned by Basin Mediactive, LLC.
Programming
KLAD-FM broadcasts a country music format.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |accessdate=May 28, 2009}} Syndicated programs include The Big Time with Whitney Allen.{{cite web|publisher=KLAD-FM official website |title=Programs |url=http://www.kladfm.com/pages/604160.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014002700/http://www.kladfm.com/pages/604160.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2009 }}
History
This station began regular operations on July 19, 1974, broadcasting with 27,000 watts of effective radiated power on a frequency of 92.5 MHz.
{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 |date=1975 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |page=C-156}} The station, launched as a sister station to KLAD (960 AM), was assigned the call sign KLAD-FM by the Federal Communications Commission.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=3409&Callsign=KLAD-FM |accessdate=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=3409&Callsign=KLAD-FM |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} KLAD-FM was owned by 960 Radio, Inc., and led by Cyrus L. Smith as company president and general manager with August O. Crandall serving as both program director and music director.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |date=1979 |page=C-181}}
During the day, KLAD-FM operated as a simulcast of KLAD, airing a country & western music mix. By 1978 KLAD-FM had changed its call sign to KJSN but it continued the simulcast.
In February 1986, 960 Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell KJSN to Lost River Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 25, 1986, but the transaction was never consummated and control of KLAD remained with 960 Radio, Inc.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=85796 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19860212EY) |date=March 25, 1986 |access-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=85796 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The station was reassigned the call sign KLAD-FM by the FCC on December 25, 1996. One week later, AM sister station KLAD dropped that long-held callsign for KLKL.{{cite web |title=AM Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=3408&Callsign=KLAD |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=3408&Callsign=KLAD |archive-date=2016-01-28 |url-status=dead }}
In March 1988, 960 Radio, Inc., reached a new agreement to sell this station, this time, to Todd Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 11, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on May 13, 1988.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880323EB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=110569 |date=May 13, 1988 |access-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=110569 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Just under two years later, in February 1990, Todd Communications, Inc., contracted to sell this station to B&B Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 18, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 1, 1990.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19900216EB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=145190 |date=June 1, 1990 |access-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=145190 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
In August 1998, B&B Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to New Northwest Broadcasters, Inc., as part of a six-station deal valued at $7.9 million.{{cite news |first=Alisa |last=Holmes |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-50276575.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025101437/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-50276575.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=August 31, 1998}} The deal was approved by the FCC on October 20, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on December 10, 1998.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=272949 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19980820EA) |date=December 10, 1998 |access-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128051141/http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=272949 |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
In May 2011, New Northwest Broadcast, LLC, reached an agreement to sell KLAD-FM and four other radio stations to Basin Mediactive, LLC.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mybasin.com/ KLAD-FM official website]
{{FM station data|3409|KLAD-FM}}
{{Klamath Falls Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Oregon}}
Category:Country radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1974