KLKS (FM)

KLKS
City	Pequot Lakes, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Brainerd Lakes Area
Branding	Talk 100
Frequency	100.1 MHz
First air date	2002 (as WZFJ)
Format	Talk radio
ERP	5,200 watts
HAAT	107 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	76432
Callsign meaning	K-LaKeS (previous branding)
Former callsigns	WZFJ (2002-2012)
Owner	Red River Broadcasting (Red Rock Radio Corp.)
Website	www.klksradio.com

KLKS (100.1 FM) is a radio station owned by Red Rock Radio Corp. and located in Breezy Point, Minnesota. It serves the Brainerd Lakes Area of central Minnesota.

Ownership

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.^[1] The station had a full service programming format.

In June 2012, it was announced that KLKS was being sold by Lakes Broadcasting Group, Inc. to Minnesota Christian Broadcasters. That transaction was consummated on September 11, 2012, at a purchase price of $350,000.^[2] According to FCC filings, however, the station continued to operate commercially.

On September 12, 2012 KLKS swapped frequencies with WZFJ. 104.3 adopted the contemporary Christian format that had been aired on 100.1, branded as The Pulse, while 100.1 KLKS became silent.^[3]

On March 21, 2013, KLKS was purchased by Red Rock Radio Corp.; the transaction, at a purchase price of $250,000, was consummated on August 1, 2013.^[4] This made KLKS the sixth station in the area for Red Rock Radio.

On August 9, 2013, KLKS returned to the air with a classic hits format, branded as The Wave. This format and branding was later dropped in the fall of 2014 when the station adopted a talk radio format under the branding Talk 100.

References

↑ http://www.museumofbroadcasting.com/Gray.htm/
↑ Saxe, Frank; Heine, Paul (14 September 2012). "Inside Radio" (PDF). Inside Radio. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
↑ Pierce, Jessi (13 August 2012). "KLKS Sale Moves Along". Brainerd Dispatch.
↑ Saxe, Frank; Heine, Paul (22 March 2013). "Inside Radio" (PDF). Inside Radio. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLKS

Radio-Locator information on KLKS

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLKS

Radio stations in the Brainerd, Minnesota market area

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 93.3 95.9 100.1 101.5 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.9 106.7 107.5

By AM frequency	870 960 1270 1340 1380

By callsign	K204ES K210DR KBLB KBPN KBPR KFGI KKWS KLIZ KLIZ-FM KLKS KLTF KOPJ KPRM KTIG KUAL-FM KVBR WJJY-FM WWWI WWWI-FM WZFJ

Nearby radio markets Alexandria Bemidji Duluth–Superior Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Iron Range Minneapolis–St. Paul St. Cloud See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KASM – Albany KATE – Albert Lea KAUS – Austin KBRF – Fergus Falls KDAL – Duluth KDLM – Detroit Lakes KDUZ – Hutchinson KDWA – Hastings KLKS – Pequot Lakes KLTF – Little Falls KMHL – Marshall KMKO-FM – Lake Crystal KMRS – Morris KNSI – Saint Cloud KROC – Rochester KROX – Crookston KTLK – Minneapolis KTNF – St. Louis Park KTOE – Mankato KYCR - Minneapolis KVBR – Brainerd KWLM – Willmar KWNO – Winona KWOA - Worthington WCCO – Minneapolis WJON – Saint Cloud WNMT – Hibbing WWWI – Baxter WZFG – Dilworth (Fargo, North Dakota)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Coordinates: 46°36′07″N 94°18′51″W / 46.60194°N 94.31417°W / 46.60194; -94.31417

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