KLER (AM)

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 Central Idaho Broadcasting and features programming from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network.[2]

KLER

City	Orofino, Idaho
Frequency	1300 kHz
Branding	Us Country 13
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Jones Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Central Idaho Broadcasting
Sister stations	KLER-FM
History
First air date	1958
Former call signs	KOZE (1964-199?)
Call sign meaning	Station was originally owned by the Clearwater Broadcasting Company[1]
Technical information
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	Profile LMS

KLER broadcasts Major League Baseball as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners radio network.[3]

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.[4] The station was bought out by KROC and signed off May 31, 1952.[5] From as early as 1964 and throughout the 1980's, its call-letters changed to KOZE-AM with a Top-40 format.

References

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

External links

• KLER in the FCC's AM station database
• KLER on Radio-Locator
• KLER in Nielsen Audio's AM station database