KSKR (1490 AM, "The Score") is a

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to serve

Roseburg, Oregon Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in the Umpqua River Valley in southern Oregon and is the county seat and most populous city of Douglas County. Founded in 1851, the population was 23,683 at the 2020 census, making it the ...

, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1935, is currently owned by Brooke Communications, Inc.

Programming

KSKR broadcasts a

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format including syndicated programming from

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. KSKR also carries

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and other local sporting events as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network.

History

This station began broadcasting in June 1935 under the ownership of the News Review Company, publishers of '' The News-Review'', a daily newspaper also based in

. By 1944, KRNR (for Roseburg's ''News-Review'') was broadcasting with 250

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s of power. In 1960, the News Review Company placed the station up for sale and on March 1, 1961, it was acquired by Douglas County Tricasters, Inc. In 1963, the station received a

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to upgrade its daytime signal strength to 1,000 watts while maintaining a nighttime output of 250 watts. The station broadcast a

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music format throughout the 1970s. In October 2004, Douglas County Tricasters, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Brooke Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 5, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on January 14, 2005. In 2008 the station dropped its

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format to become a full-time affiliate of

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branded as "The Score".KRNR Radio (Country) The station was assigned the current KSKR

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by the

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on June 7, 2008.

Previous logo

(KSKR's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

References

External links

KSKR official website
{{Sports Radio Stations in Oregon SKR Radio stations established in 1935 Roseburg, Oregon CBS Sports Radio stations 1935 establishments in Oregon