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| Broadcast area | Brainerd Lakes Area |
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| Frequency | 100.1MHz |
| Branding | Talk 100 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 2002 (asWZFJ) |
Former call signs | WZFJ (2002–2012) |
Call sign meaning | "K-Lakes" (previous branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 76432 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 5,200watts |
| HAAT | 107 meters (351 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | rjbroadcasting |
KLKS (100.1FM; "Talk 100") is an Americanradio station owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting and located inPequot Lakes, Minnesota. It serves theBrainerd Lakes Area of central Minnesota.
It is owned by R & J Broadcasting, Inc. Its sister stations areKKIN,KKIN-FM,KFGI,WWWI-FM, andWWWI.
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.[2] The station, at the time operating on 104.3 FM inBreezy Point, had afull service programming format.
In June 2012, it was announced that KLKS was being sold by Lakes Broadcasting Group, Inc. toMinnesota Christian Broadcasters. That transaction was consummated on September 11, 2012, at a purchase price of $350,000.[3] According to FCC filings, however, the station continued to operate commercially.
On September 12, 2012 KLKS swapped frequencies withWZFJ (100.1 FM). 104.3 adopted thecontemporary Christian format that had been aired on 100.1, branded asThe Pulse, while 100.1 KLKS went silent.[4]
On March 21, 2013, KLKS was purchased byRed Rock Radio Corp.; the transaction, at a purchase price of $250,000, was consummated on August 1, 2013.[5] This made KLKS the sixth station in the area for Red Rock Radio.
On August 9, 2013, KLKS returned to the air with aclassic hits format, branded asThe Wave. This format and branding was later dropped in the fall of 2014 when the station adopted atalk radio format under the brandingTalk 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;[6] the sale was completed on December 21, 2016.[7]
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