KLKS (100.1
FM; "Talk 100") is a
radio station
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owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting and located in
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. It serves the
Brainerd Lakes Area
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with ...
of central Minnesota.
It is owned by R & J Broadcasting, Inc. Its sister stations are
KKIN,
KKIN-FM,
KFGI,
WWWI-FM
WWWI-FM (95.9 FM, "Cash 95") is a radio station licensed to Pillager, Minnesota, and serving the Brainerd Lakes Area. The station is owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. Its sister station is WWWI (1270 AM), which airs a news/ta ...
, and
WWWI.
Ownership
KLKS was built in 1983 by Allen Gray, who has a broadcasting career of 60 years. He was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001. The station, at the time operating on 104.3 FM in
Breezy Point, had a
full service Full service or Full Service may refer to:
* Full-service radio, a wide range of programming
* Full Service Network, a communications company
Entertainment
* "Full Service", a song by the New Kids on the Block from their album ''The Block''
* Fu ...
programming format.
In June 2012, it was announced that KLKS was being sold by Lakes Broadcasting Group, Inc. to
Minnesota Christian Broadcasters Minnesota Christian Broadcasters, Inc., known as MCBI, is a regional Christian radio radio network, network ministry based in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, United States. The ministry operates KCFB (91.5 FM band, FM) in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and KTIG (10 ...
. That transaction was consummated on September 11, 2012, at a purchase price of $350,000. According to FCC filings, however, the station continued to operate commercially.
On September 12, 2012 KLKS swapped frequencies with
WZFJ (100.1 FM). 104.3 adopted the
contemporary Christian
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format that had been aired on 100.1, branded as ''The Pulse'', while 100.1 KLKS went silent.
On March 21, 2013, KLKS was purchased by
Red Rock Radio Corp.; the transaction, at a purchase price of $250,000, was consummated on August 1, 2013.
This made KLKS the sixth station in the area for Red Rock Radio.
On August 9, 2013, KLKS returned to the air with a
classic hits
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format, branded as ''The Wave''. This format and branding was later dropped in the fall of 2014 when the station adopted a
talk radio
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format under the branding ''Talk 100''.
On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell KLKS to R & J Broadcasting as part of an eight station deal;
the sale was completed on December 21, 2016.
References
External links
Radio stations in Minnesota
News and talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Minnesota
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