left, The radio tower for KHKR outside St. George, Utah KHKR (1210 AM) was an American radio station broadcasting a

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, United States, the station was owned by

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History

The station went on the air as KCLG on February 1, 1982. On May 5, 1987, the station changed its call sign to KONY. On September 9, 1999, the station became KUNF, and then KHKR on July 11, 2013. The

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cancelled the station’s license on December 23, 2024. KHKR's ESPN Radio programming moved to the second

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; the station's former

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, 97.7 K249EQ, now relays this subchannel.

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