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KRZR (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Visalia, California. It airs a conservative talk radio format, simulcasting KALZ. KRZR and KALZ are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
The station was founded in 1946 as KKIN and was locally owned until 1957. For much of its early history, the station had multiple call signs and different music formats, such as MOR, country, and oldies. The station has been owned by iHeartMedia and its predecessor companies since being purchased by Chancellor Broadcasting in 1998.
Beginning in 1999, the station simulcast co-owned stations from Fresno. From 1999 to 2006, the station had call sign KVBL and simulcast sports station KCBL; KVBL changed to KEZL in 2006 and continued the KCBL simulcast, then took on its current call sign KRZR in 2010. KRZR's format changed from sports to talk as a simulcast of KALZ.
The first construction permit to broadcast on frequency 1400 kHz from Visalia was issued by the FCC on March 27, 1946. The original call sign was KKIN. It was owned by KKIN Inc., headed by local car dealer D.O. Kinnie. On June 6, 1947, the FCC granted a broadcasting license for KKIN to broadcast with 250 watts of power. The Visalia Times-Delta reported in late November 1946 that KKIN would begin broadcasting December 3 that year, quoting station manager Stanley S. Simpson: "...KKIN is coming into the radio field with local features and will be the first music and news station in the central San Joaquin valley." But on December 4, the Times-Delta reported a further delay due to bad weather slowing air mail delivery of the FCC's approval documents to Visalia.
Eventually, KKIN officially signed on the air at 6 p.m. on December 5, 1946. It broadcast between 6 a.m. to midnight daily and was powered at 250 watts. KKIN carried news from the United Press. Also among KKIN's early programming was a daily hour at 6 a.m. of Spanish music and news provided by Radio Programas de México.
In February 1947, KKIN broadcast a local concert by popular country music singer Tex Ritter.
For Public Schools Week, students from Visalia Senior High School were guest writers and announcers on April 23, 1951; the station manager praised their performances, saying that the day went by "without a hitch".
In November 1951, KKIN Inc. sold KKIN for $37,500 to the Tulare County Broadcasting Company; the sale was finalized December 31.
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KRZR
KRZR (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Visalia, California. It airs a conservative talk radio format, simulcasting KALZ. KRZR and KALZ are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
The station was founded in 1946 as KKIN and was locally owned until 1957. For much of its early history, the station had multiple call signs and different music formats, such as MOR, country, and oldies. The station has been owned by iHeartMedia and its predecessor companies since being purchased by Chancellor Broadcasting in 1998.
Beginning in 1999, the station simulcast co-owned stations from Fresno. From 1999 to 2006, the station had call sign KVBL and simulcast sports station KCBL; KVBL changed to KEZL in 2006 and continued the KCBL simulcast, then took on its current call sign KRZR in 2010. KRZR's format changed from sports to talk as a simulcast of KALZ.
The first construction permit to broadcast on frequency 1400 kHz from Visalia was issued by the FCC on March 27, 1946. The original call sign was KKIN. It was owned by KKIN Inc., headed by local car dealer D.O. Kinnie. On June 6, 1947, the FCC granted a broadcasting license for KKIN to broadcast with 250 watts of power. The Visalia Times-Delta reported in late November 1946 that KKIN would begin broadcasting December 3 that year, quoting station manager Stanley S. Simpson: "...KKIN is coming into the radio field with local features and will be the first music and news station in the central San Joaquin valley." But on December 4, the Times-Delta reported a further delay due to bad weather slowing air mail delivery of the FCC's approval documents to Visalia.
Eventually, KKIN officially signed on the air at 6 p.m. on December 5, 1946. It broadcast between 6 a.m. to midnight daily and was powered at 250 watts. KKIN carried news from the United Press. Also among KKIN's early programming was a daily hour at 6 a.m. of Spanish music and news provided by Radio Programas de México.
In February 1947, KKIN broadcast a local concert by popular country music singer Tex Ritter.
For Public Schools Week, students from Visalia Senior High School were guest writers and announcers on April 23, 1951; the station manager praised their performances, saying that the day went by "without a hitch".
In November 1951, KKIN Inc. sold KKIN for $37,500 to the Tulare County Broadcasting Company; the sale was finalized December 31.