KKLR-FM (94.5 FM, "Clear 94") is a

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by Max Media. It airs a

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format. KKLR serves Poplar Bluff, southeast Missouri and extreme northeast Arkansas. KKLR's signal can be heard from

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and from

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. The station was assigned the KKLR call letters by the

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on August 31,

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Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, WOOZ-FM, WJPF, KGIR, KZIM, KEZS-FM, KCGQ-FM, KMAL, KLSC, KWOC, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KGKS, and

KSIM KSIM (1400 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Sikeston, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a News radio, news/Talk radio, talk format. KSIM s ...

from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.

References

External links

KKLR official website
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