KCLR (branded as ''La Nueva Radio Cristiana'') was a

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, serving the

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format. The station broadcast on AM frequency 1530 kHz and was last under the ownership of Paulino Bernal Evangelism.

History

The station was founded in 1963 by Phil Crenshaw and Gaylon O. Gilbert. The original power of that station was 1,000 watts, with power being raised to 5,000 watts non-critical hours (two hours after sunrise and two hours before sunset) in 1968. Because it shared the same frequency as

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station WCKY in

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, KCLR operated only during the

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hours. The station sought the letters KCLR, for "K-Clear", because of its placement on a clear channel. The original owners sold the station to F.T. Wilson in 1969, who then sold the station to Pete C. Rodriguez in 1978. Rodriguez himself later sold the station to Paulino Bernal, in 1990. Bernal surrendered the license for KCLR and five other stations to the

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on November 7, 2013.

External links

FCC Station Search Details: DKCLR
(Facility ID: 52351)
FCC History Cards for KCLR
(covering 1961-1980)

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