KLER (AM)

For the FM radio station, also in Orofino, Idaho, United States, see KLER-FM.

KLER

Orofino, Idaho
Frequency	1300 kHz
Branding	Us Country 13
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Jones Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Jeffery and Monica Jones (Central Idaho Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stations	KLER-FM
History
First air date	1958 (1958)
Former call signs	KOZE (1964-199?)
Call sign meaning	Station was originally owned by the Clearwater Broadcasting Company[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9886
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	46°28′41″N 116°14′34″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KLER (1300 AM) is a radio station in the western United States, broadcasting a country music format in Orofino, Idaho. The station is currently owned by Jeffery and Monica Jones, through licensee Central Idaho Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network.[3]

KLER broadcasts Major League Baseball as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners radio network.[4]

History of call letters

The call letters KLER were previously assigned to a station in Rochester, Minnesota. It broadcast on 970 kHz with 500 W power (daytime). That station became an ABC affiliate October 1, 1948.[5] The station was bought out by KROC and signed off May 31, 1952.[6] From as early as 1964 and throughout the 1980s, its call-letters changed to KOZE-AM with a Top-40 format.

References

1. "History Cards for KLER". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
2. "Facility Technical Data for KLER". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "KLER Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. "Broadcast affiliates". Seattle Mariners. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
5. "ABC Adds KLER" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 30, 1948. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
6. "KROC Buys Out KLER, Rochester". Winona Republican-Herald. May 31, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 9886 (KLER) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KLER in Nielsen Audio's AM station database