KLKS (FM)

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KLKS
KLKS.png
Broadcast area Brainerd Lakes Area
Frequency 100.1 MHz
BrandingTalk 100
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Jimmy D. Birkemeyer
  • (R & J Broadcasting, Inc.)
History
First air date
2002 (as WZFJ)
Former call signs
WZFJ (2002–2012)
Call sign meaning
K-LaKeS (previous branding)
Technical information
Facility ID 76432
Class C2
ERP 5,200 watts
HAAT 107 meters
Links
Website e.rjbroadcasting.com

KLKS (100.1 FM; "Talk 100") is a radio station owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting and located in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. It serves the Brainerd Lakes Area of central Minnesota.

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It is owned by R & J Broadcasting, Inc. Its sister stations are KKIN, KKIN-FM, KFGI, WWWI-FM, and WWWI.

Ownership

KLKS was built in 1983 by Allen Gray, who has a broadcasting career of 60 years. He was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001. [1] The station, at the time operating on 104.3 FM in Breezy Point, had a full service programming format.

In June 2012, it was announced that KLKS was being sold by Lakes Broadcasting Group, Inc. to Minnesota Christian Broadcasters. That transaction was consummated on September 11, 2012, at a purchase price of $350,000. [2] According to FCC filings, however, the station continued to operate commercially.

On September 12, 2012 KLKS swapped frequencies with WZFJ (100.1 FM). 104.3 adopted the contemporary Christian format that had been aired on 100.1, branded as The Pulse, while 100.1 KLKS went silent. [3]

On March 21, 2013, KLKS was purchased by Red Rock Radio Corp.; the transaction, at a purchase price of $250,000, was consummated on August 1, 2013. [4] This made KLKS the sixth station in the area for Red Rock Radio.

On August 9, 2013, KLKS returned to the air with a classic hits format, branded as The Wave. This format and branding was later dropped in the fall of 2014 when the station adopted a talk radio format under the branding Talk 100.

On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell KLKS to R & J Broadcasting as part of an eight station deal; [5] the sale was completed on December 21, 2016. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Allen Gray". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  2. ↑ Saxe, Frank; Heine, Paul (14 September 2012). "Inside Radio" (PDF). Inside Radio. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Pierce, Jessi (13 August 2012). "KLKS Sale Moves Along". Brainerd Dispatch.
  4. ↑ Saxe, Frank; Heine, Paul (22 March 2013). "Inside Radio" (PDF). Inside Radio. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 16, 2016). "Red Rock Radio Continues Sell-Off With Two Deals". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

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