KSKR-FM (100.9

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licensed to serve

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, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1998, is currently owned by Brooke Communications, Inc.

Programming

KSKR-FM broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format branded as "¡101". During its time as a sports station, KSKR-FM carried

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and other local sporting events as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network. KSKR-FM also aired

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Ducks football,

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, and

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as a member of the Oregon Sports Network. On Saturday Carson Daly and Local DJ The Grubes airs The iMix and Saturday nights the nationally syndicated show ''Most Requested Live'' is aired. Every Sunday, Weekends With Roula and Club Kane is aired. Weekday mornings has Nationally syndicated Brooke and Jeffery and the afternoon drive shift 3pm to 7pm is the Award Winning Afternoons with the World Renowned solo artist "Tory (Tory) Rose" and Christian(The Grubes) Gruber.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on August 31,

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. The new station was assigned the call letters KAVJ by the FCC on June 1, 1997. KAVJ received its license to cover from the FCC on February 25, 1999. In August 2002, Valentine Coastal Communications, Inc. (Bernie Foster, owner) reached an agreement to sell this station to Brooke Communications, Inc. (Patrick Markham, president) for $650,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 21, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on December 16, 2002. At the time of the sale, the station broadcast an

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music format branded as "101.1 Cool FM". The oldies format persisted until 2008 when the station became a full-time affiliate of

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branded as "The Score". The station was assigned the current KSKR-FM

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by the

on June 7, 2008. On October 1, 2011, KSKR-FM changed their format from sports (which continues on sister station KSKR (1490 AM in Roseburg, Oregon)) to contemporary hits, branded as "Jelli 101.1". On December 13, 2013 KSKR-FM moved from 101.1 FM to 100.9 FM. The branding was modified to “Jelli 101” on the new frequency. On June 26, 2014, Jelli announced it would shut down its radio platform on the 29th. That same day, KSKR-FM held an on-air funeral to sign off Jelli 101. Afterward, the station continued its CHR format, but without any imaging except for the top-of-the-hour station ID, which it ran until the following day at Noon, when it rebranded as ''i101'', continuing to promote their music as being chosen (at least partly) online by listeners.Jelli 101.1 Becomes i101
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Former logo

References

External links

KSKR-FM official website
* * * {{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Oregon SKR-FM Radio stations established in 1998 Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Douglas County, Oregon 1998 establishments in Oregon