KSKR (AM)

KSKR broadcasts a sports format including syndicated programming from CBS Sports Radio.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}} KSKR also carries high school football and other local sporting events as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network.{{cite web|work=Table Rock Sports Prep Radio Guide 2008 |title=Radio Station Affiliates |url=http://www.tablerocksportsnetwork.com/radio.php |accessdate=April 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217111612/http://tablerocksportsnetwork.com/radio.php |archivedate=February 17, 2009 }}

This station began broadcasting in June 1935 under the ownership of the News Review Company, publishers of The News-Review, a daily newspaper also based in Roseburg, Oregon.{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich |title= Oregon: End of the Trail |author= Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon |series= American Guide Series |year= 1940 |publisher= Binfords & Mort |location= Portland, Oregon |page= [https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/139 139] |oclc= 4874569}}{{cite book |title=1944 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook |year=1944 |page=144 |chapter=Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC}} By 1944, KRNR (for Roseburg's News-Review) was broadcasting with 250 watts of power.

In 1960, the News Review Company placed the station up for sale and on March 1, 1961, it was acquired by Douglas County Tricasters, Inc.{{cite book |title=1961-1962 Broadcasting Yearbook |year=1962 |page=B-138 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC}} In 1963, the station received a construction permit to upgrade its daytime signal strength to 1,000 watts while maintaining a nighttime output of 250 watts.{{cite book |title=1963 Broadcasting Yearbook |year=1963 |page=B-151 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC}} The station broadcast a country & western music format throughout the 1970s.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |year=1979 |page=C-182 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC}}

In October 2004, Douglas County Tricasters, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Brooke Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 5, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on January 14, 2005.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20041012AIH) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1035777 |date=January 14, 2005}}

In 2008 the station dropped its country music format to become a full-time affiliate of ESPN Radio branded as "The Score".KRNR Radio (Country){{cite news |work=The News-Review |title=Media |url=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20041027/DISCOVER26/41026010 |date=October 27, 2004}} The station was assigned the current KSKR call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on June 7, 2008.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=17415&Callsign=KSKR}}

File:KSKR Radio logo.png (KSKR's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

File:KSKR 1490TheScore logo.png

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• [https://1490thescore.com/ KSKR official website]

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Category:Radio stations established in 1935

Category:Roseburg, Oregon

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Category:1935 establishments in Oregon