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Coordinates:61°07′12″N149°53′43″W / 61.12000°N 149.89528°W /61.12000; -149.89528
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For the television station formerly sharing call letters and ownership with this radio station, seeKYUR. For the FM station formerly sharing call letters with this station, seeKBRJ.

Radio station in Alaska, United States
KHAR
Broadcast areaAnchorage metropolitan area
Frequency590kHz
BrandingGold Rush Radio
Programming
FormatSoft oldies;adult standards
AffiliationsWestwood One'sAmerica's Best Music
Ownership
Owner
KBRJ,KEAG,KFQD,KMXS,KWHL
History
First air date
January 7, 1961; 64 years ago (1961-01-07)
Call sign meaning
Station founder Willis Harpel
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60914
ClassB
Power5,000 watts unlimited
Translator(s)96.7 K244EG (Anchorage)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.alaskagoldrushradio.com

KHAR (590AM) is acommercial radio station inAnchorage, Alaska. It airs asoft oldies andadult standardsradio format, supplied byWestwood One's "America's Best Music" service. It is owned byAlpha Media, with studios on Artic Slope Avenue, two blocks west of theDimond Center Shopping Mall in Anchorage.

KHAR is aClass B station powered at 5,000 wattsnon-directional. Itstransmitter is off C Street at West Klatt Road in the Bayshore neighborhood of South Anchorage.[2] Programming is also heard on 250-wattFM translatorK244EG at 96.7MHz.[3]

History

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KHARsigned on the air on January 7, 1961. It was founded by Willis "Bill" Harpel, who previously worked atKFQD and owned stations inWashington state. He founded Sourdough Broadcasters, and later launched 104.1 KHAR-FM (nowKBRJ) and KHAR-TV 13 (nowKYUR). The station'scall sign included the first three letters of Harpel's last name. Harpel died accidentally in January 1968. His family, particularly widow Patricia and son Craig, continued to run Sourdough Broadcasters for several more decades.

During its earlier decades, KHAR, like many AM stations, aired a general format, including music and news. Notable aspects of early programming included broadcasting messages toBush residents, a practice once fairly common among broadcasters in Alaska. The station was also noted for carrying the commentaries of Ruben Gaines, a onetime poet laureate of Alaska known for creating the character "Chilkoot Charlie".

KHAR's formerHeart Radio logo

KHAR programmed an adult standards format from the 1970s until 2013. The station's branding,Heart Radio 59, was also featured for decades. KHAR was one of only a few commercial stations in Alaska whose format more or less remained intact during the era of broadcasting company consolidation which began in the 1990s. KHAR was one of a number of Anchorage stations acquired byMorris Communications. It shares studios with itssister stations in the Morris Alaska building near theDimond Center.

On May 1, 2013, KHAR changed its format from adult standards toall-sports. It carried programming fromCBS Sports Radio.[4] Morris Communications sold KHAR and 32 other stations toAlpha Media LLC effective September 1, 2015, at a purchase price of $38.25 million.

Logo under sports format, 2013-2024

On April 1, 2024, the station flipped back to soft oldies and adult standards as "Gold Rush Radio". The format is described as carrying four decades of the greatest hits of all time, including a "blend of the best pop, soft AC and easy listening".[5] The format, fromWestwood One's "America's Best Music" service, does not have DJs.

Translator

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KHAR is also broadcast on the following FM translator:

Broadcast translator for KHAR
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)ClassFCC info
K244EG96.7 FMAnchorage, Alaska139580250DLMS

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KHAR".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Radio-Locator.com/KHAR
  3. ^Radio-Locator.com/K244EG
  4. ^"KHAR Anchorage Flips To Sports".radioinsight.com. May 1, 2013. RetrievedAugust 27, 2019.
  5. ^RadioInsight.com "A Gold Rush for KHAR Anchorage" April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

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