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| Frequency | 92.1MHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Music Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Townhall News |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC |
| KWVR | |
| History | |
First air date | 1987 |
Call sign meaning | WallowaValleyRadio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70756 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 320watts |
| HAAT | 534 meters (1,752 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°23′55.5″N117°23′20.6″W / 45.398750°N 117.389056°W /45.398750; -117.389056 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kwvrradio.net |
KWVR-FM (92.1MHz, "Music Country") is aradio stationlicensed to serveEnterprise, Oregon, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1987, is owned by Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC.
KWVR-FM broadcasts a full-servicecountry music format including local and regional news as well as community affairs programming.[2] In addition to its usual music and news programming, KWVR-FM carries select sporting events as an affiliate of theOregon State Beavers Radio Network.[3]
This station received its original construction permit from the FCC on June 12,1984.[4] The new station was assigned the call lettersKWVR-FM by the FCC on July 3, 1984.[5]
In June 1984, Tri-State Communications Corporation, Inc., reached an agreement to transfer the permit for this still-under construction station to the Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation, a company wholly owned by Lee D. Perkins and Carol-Lee Perkins, a married couple.[6] The deal was approved by the FCC on August 13, 1984, and the transaction was completed on November 19, 1984.[7] After a series of extensions and modifications, KWVR-FM finally received itslicense to cover from the FCC on January 19, 1988.[8]
In December 2008, the Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation agreed to transfer the license for this station to Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, for a cash sale price of $650,000.[6][9] The transfer was approved by the FCC on January 27, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2009.[10] Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, is wholly owned by members of the Frasch family ofChanhassen andFairmont, Minnesota.[11][12] The Frasch family has owned ranching property inWallowa County, Oregon, for more than 20 years.[13]
In 1986, KWVR-FM became the smallest-market radio station to win an award from theAmerican Women in Radio and Television.[6] The "Gracie Award", as it is known,[14] was presented at a ceremony inNew York City hosted byHelen Hayes andBarbara Walters.[6] The award recognized the station for a series of biographical portraits by Molly Murrill titled "Women of Achievement in the Wallowa Country".[6]
On September 13, 2003, Lee Perkins was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters.[15][16] Citing his "significant and lasting contribution to Oregon broadcasting", the OAB presented the award to the man known as the "Voice of Wallowa County" at their annual conference inPortland, Oregon.[15][16]
Lee and Carol-Lee Perkins were chosen to preside as Grand Marshals of the 59th AnnualChief Joseph Days celebration in July 2004.[17] The annual event is held inJoseph, Oregon.
Longtime local radio station owners and radio personalities Lee and Carol Lee Perkins announced Dec. 15 that Wallowa Radio KWVR has been sold to Richard, Mary and David Frasch of Chanhassen, Minn. and Enterprise.
For 55 years American Women in Radio and Television has been the voice of women in U. S. electronic media. For more than 30 years the Foundation of AWRT has honored programming created for, by and about women with the Gracie Awards which encourage the realistic and multifaceted portrayal of women in the media.
Enterprise radio personality Lee Perkins was named Oregon State Broadcaster of the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters at the OAB conference last Saturday night in Portland.