KARO

KARO

KARO

Air 1 radio station in Nyssa, Oregon

For the radio station in Vancouver, Washington at 1480 AM known as KARO from 1980-1981, see KBMS. For the radio station in Caldwell, Idaho at 103.3 FM known as KARO from 1995-2000, see KSAS-FM.
For other uses, see Karo (disambiguation).

KARO (98.7 FM, "Air1") is a radio station licensed to serve Nyssa, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

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It broadcasts a Christian worship music format as part of the Air1 network.[2]

History

This station received its original construction permit for a new 3,000 watt radio station broadcasting at 98.7 MHz from the Federal Communications Commission on December 5, 1989.[3] The new station was assigned the call letters KGZH by the FCC on February 21, 1990.[1] After a series of delays, extensions, a shift in transmitter site, and an upgrade in authorized power, KGZH finally received its license to cover as a 100,000 watt radio station from the FCC on April 23, 1998.[4]

In June 1998, Mason Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to First Western Inc. for a reported sale price of $49,400.[5] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 23, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on August 5, 1998.[6]

In January 2003, First Western Inc. (G.W. Gilbert, president/director) reached an agreement to sell this station to the Educational Media Foundation (Richard Jenkins, president) for a reported sale price of $1 million.[7] The deal was approved by the FCC on February 25, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on March 19, 2003.[8] At the time of the sale, KGZH aired a country music format.[7] The new owners had the FCC change the station's call letters to the current KARO on March 27, 2003.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. [2]
    "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. [3]
    "Application Search Details (BPH-19890324MH)". FCC Media Bureau. December 5, 1989.
  4. [4]
    "Application Search Details (BLH-19970103KC)". FCC Media Bureau. April 23, 1998.
  5. [5]
    "Changing Hands - 6/29/1998". Broadcasting & Cable. June 29, 1998. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Application Search Details (BALH-19980603GK)". FCC Media Bureau. August 5, 1998.
  7. [7]
    "Changing Hands - 1/27/2003". Broadcasting & Cable. January 27, 2003.
  8. [8]
    "Application Search Details (BALH-20021223ABK)". FCC Media Bureau. March 19, 2003.
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