KKRS (97.3

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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, the station serves the

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. It is owned by Penfold Communications. Most programming is

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with

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KRTM KRTM (88.1 FM) is a Christian radio station licensed to Banning, California, and serving the Palm Springs radio market. The station is owned by Penfold Communications, Inc. History The station went on the air as KRTM on 1979-11-05 on 88.9 FM ...

Banning, California Banning is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Its population was 29,505 as of the 2020 census, down from 29,603 at the 2010 census. It is situated in the San Gorgonio Pass, also known as ''Banning Pass''. It is named for ...

. KKRS has an

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(ERP) of 5,100

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s as a Class C3 station. The

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is off Washington State Route 231 near Fry Road in Edwall. Programming is also heard on 99-watt

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K227CD at 93.3 MHz in Spokane.

Programming

KKRS and KRTM air half-hour Christian talk and teaching shows most hours, with some

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also scheduled. National religious leaders heard on KKRS and KRTM include

David Jeremiah David Jeremiah (born February 13, 1941) is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, Ca ...

Alistair Begg Alistair Begg (born May 22, 1952) is an American pastor of Scottish birth. He is the senior pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church (located in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio), a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind ...

Rick Warren Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptists, Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since 2022, he serves as execut ...

James Dobson James Clayton Dobson Jr. (born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelicalism, evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FotF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s, he was ranked as one of the m ...

and

Greg Laurie Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952) is an American evangelical pastor, evangelist, and Christian author who serves as the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, based in Riverside, California. He also is the founder of Harvest Crusa ...

. KKRS and KRTM are listener-supported stations with no commercials. They ask for donations on the air and on their websites.

History

The station

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the air on .''Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004''
page D-507,

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KKRS has always been a Christian station. It was originally owned by CSN International. Its studios were on Sunset Road in Airway Heights.

References

External links

KKRS's website
* * {{Religious Radio Stations in Washington KRS Radio stations established in 1998