KKMR
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Broadcast area | Casa Grande |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 106.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| KLVA, KLVK | |
| History | |
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Former frequencies | 106.3 MHz (1986–1997) |
Call sign meaning | Derived from former Script error: No such module "Lang". format |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 2740 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 860 watts |
| HAAT | 266 meters (873 ft) |
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| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Website | klove.com |
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KKMR (106.5 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Arizona City, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and it airs a Christian Contemporary radio format, as part of the K-Love network. Its transmitter is located south of Casa Grande in the Casa Grande Mountains.
History
The station signed on the air on April 13, 1985.[2] Its original call sign was KXMK, and it broadcast at 106.3 MHz. The original owner was the Sonoro Broadcasting Company. FM 106.3 spent most of its early time on the air simulcasting other stations, especially former co-channel station KOMR, which acquired it in 1990 (when KOMR was KONC) to reduce interference and created a regional simulcast of its classical music format.[3] This station bore the call sign KONZ. It later shared KEDJ's modern rock format. In 1997, it moved one spot up the Phoenix radio dial and began stints as an adult album alternative (AAA) station and an oldies outlet before returning to simulcasting KEDJ in 1999.
In 2001, Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation acquired the station and changed it to a Spanish-language adult contemporary format called "Script error: No such module "Lang".". It was a simulcast with 106.5 KOMR and 100.3 KQMR. The station was assigned the KKMR call letters by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 13,2002.[1]Template:R/superscript In October 2005, Univision adjusted the "Script error: No such module "Lang"." format, making it more oldies-driven, and changed the name to "Script error: No such module "Lang".".
The station applied for an FCC construction permit in 2000 for a power increase to class C3. It was granted in 2010 after much modification and application tweaking. This was overseen by the Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation's engineering department, which also secured other upgrades such as KESS-FM in Dallas, KAMA-FM in Houston, and WADO in New York City. The permit expired on January 15, 2013.
In June 2017, Univision agreed to sell KKMR for $500,000 to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which converted it to noncommercial operation. It originally was part of EMF's Air1 network. The sale was completed on November 16, 2017. In 2019, EMF changed KKMR from Air1 to its K-Love network as part of a major switch of EMF stations and translators in Central Arizona.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KKMR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-17, Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Drobatschewsky, Dimitri (October 7, 1990). "Colorado-based string quartet sticks together despite red tape". The Arizona Republic. p. F6. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
External links
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- KKMR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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