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| Broadcast area | Wallowa County, Oregon |
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| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Affiliations | Citadel Media |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC |
| KWVR-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1,1960 |
Call sign meaning | KWallowaValleyRadio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70744 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°23′58″N117°15′30″W / 45.39944°N 117.25833°W /45.39944; -117.25833 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | kwvrradio.net/main |
KWVR (1340AM) is aradio stationlicensed to serveEnterprise, Oregon, United States. The station, established in 1960, and its FMsister stationKWVR-FM are currently owned by Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC. Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, is wholly owned by family members Richard, Mary, and David Frasch.
KWVR broadcasts anews/talk radio format which features a mix of local and syndicated news, talk, sports, and information programming.[2]
Weekday syndicated programs includetalk shows hosted byRush Limbaugh,[3]Lars Larson,[4]Dennis Miller, andWhen Radio Was, plusCoast to Coast AM hosted byGeorge Noory.[5] Notable weekend programming includes a computer advice show withKim Komando,Moneytalk withBob Brinker,[6]Red Steagall's Cowboy Corner,[7]The Cowboy Show with Ken Overcast,[8] andThe Horse Show with Rick Lamb.[5][9]
Sporting events broadcast by KWVR includeOregon State UniversityBeavers football.[10][11]
This station began regular broadcast operations on June 1, 1960, servingWallowa County, Oregon, with 250watts of power on a frequency of 1340kHz.[12] The station was assigned the KWVRcall sign by theFederal Communications Commission on.[13] Original station owner Gene W. Wilson also served as company president, commercial manager, and general manager of KWVR.[12] Through the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, the station aired a mixed format ofmiddle of the road andcountry & western music.[14]
Nearly fifteen years after construction on KWVR began, owner Gene W. Wilson agreed to sell the station to David D. Dirks in a deal that closed in November 1974.[15] Dirks continued the station's mix of MOR and country music through the end of the 1970s.
In November 1979, David D. Dirks reached an agreement to sell KWVR to High Valley East Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 27, 1979.[16] Just over two years later, in February 1982, High Valley East Broadcasting, Inc., contracted to sell this station to Tri Star Communications Corporation, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 5, 1982.[17]
The new owners filed an application with the FCC in November 1983 to increase the station's daytime signal strength from 250 to 1,000 watts.[18] The FCC granted KWVR a newconstruction permit on March 22, 1983, to allow the upgrade and adding a nighttime signal at 250 watts.[18]
In June 1984, Tri Star Communications Corporation, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation, a company wholly owned by Lee D. Perkins and Carol-Lee Perkins, a married couple.[19] The deal was approved by the FCC on August 13, 1984, and the transaction was consummated on November 19, 1984.[20] In addition to splitting management and production duties as a couple, Lee Perkins also did play-by-play for localhigh school sports, not missing a game for more than 24 years untilpneumonia forced a break in his streak in March 2008.[21] The Perkinses lived in the KWVRradio studio building until they sold the station in December 2008.[22]
After nearly a quarter-century of continuous ownership, Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement in December 2008 to sell this station and itsKWVR-FMsister station to Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, for a combined sale price of $650,000.[23][24] The deal was approved by the FCC on January 27, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2009.[25]
Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, is wholly owned by family members Richard, Mary, and David Frasch ofChanhassen andFairmont, Minnesota.[23][26][27] The Frasch family has owned ranching property inWallowa County, Oregon, for more than 25 years.[28]
On September 13, 2003, Lee Perkins was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters.[29][30] 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.[29][30]
Lee and Carol-Lee Perkins were chosen to preside as Grand Marshals of the 59th AnnualChief Joseph Days celebration in July 2004.[31] The annual event is held inJoseph, Oregon.[31]
The Perkinses are basically going to retire. They will move out of the radio station building where they have lived, and move into a new home that they've been building above the first hole of the Alpine Meadows Golf Course.[permanent dead link]
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.
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.
