KLOO (AM)
News/talk | |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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KDUK-FM, KEJO, KFLY, KLOO-FM, KODZ, KPNW, KRKT-FM, KTHH | |
History | |
First air date | August 23, 1947 |
Former call signs | KRUL (1947–1957) |
Call sign meaning | "Locally owned and operated"[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 67594 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°35′38″N 123°13′30″W / 44.59389°N 123.22500°W |
Translator(s) | 96.5 K243CW (Corvallis) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | klooam.com |
KLOO (1340
History
The Pacific States Radio Company obtained a construction permit for a new full-time radio station with 250 watts on 1340 kHz on October 31, 1946.[5] The station would be the first commercial outlet to serve Corvallis.[6] The president of the company was J. C. Haley, head of the Brown & Haley Co., a candy manufacturer in Tacoma, Washington.[7]
The station signed on August 23, 1947.[8] Its offices and studios were located at 1221 S. 15th Street in Corvallis.[7] Three months after signing on, Haley bought all of the shares he did not own in Pacific States Radio from various Corvallis-area investors, citing differences of opinion in the station's operation.[9]
Haley's 1954 death[10] prompted changes and caused a trio of Seattle men involved with KJR in that city to take an option on the station,[11] No transaction panned out with that group, but Pacific States Radio was sold in 1956 to Portland appliance dealer John G. Severtson.[12]
A year later, Severtson sold KRUL to Benton Broadcasters, Inc., a group of three men involved with other Oregon radio stations.[13] After taking control, Benton Broadcasters changed KRUL's call sign to its present KLOO, for "locally owned and operated",[1] on May 16.[5] The new owners filed for and received federal approval to increase power to 1,000 watts on 1350 kHz;[5] the change never came to pass, and instead Benton sold KLOO to the Paul H. Raymer Company of Chicago in 1960.[14]
KLOO would get another new owner when KLOO, Inc., owned by the Houglum family of Eugene, completed its purchase of the station in 1964.[15] It was the second attempt by Raymer to sell: a previous deal with the Mur-Rand-A Broadcasting Corporation had fallen apart.[5] The new owners were able to increase the station's power to 1,000 watts after the FCC approved a two-year-old application in 1964.[5] Houglum established himself as an on-air presence as well with his daily "Toast and Coffee" show; he also made an offer of $10,000 to anyone who could bring an extraterrestrial lifeform to the station, as he wanted "to bring all the UFO talk down to earth".[16] January 1973 brought a simulcasting FM station, KLOO-FM at 106.1 MHz.[17]
In late 1977, Houglum concluded arrangements to sell KLOO-AM-FM to Medford–based California–Oregon Broadcasting Inc., remaining on air to host his "Toast and Coffee" program,[18] which did not end until he retired in 1987.[19] During its ownership, California–Oregon pursued a new tower site and power increase for the FM station to maximize its facility. However, a split within the controlling Smullin family led to Donald E. Smullin becoming owner of the KLOO stations plus KPRB near Bend and KOTI television in Klamath Falls in 1981.[20] By that time, KLOO AM was airing middle of the road music.[21]
Smullin owned KLOO and the FM station, which had changed its call letters to KFAT, until he sold the pair in 1995 to Oregon Trail Productions of
References
- ^ a b "Corvallis Radio Now Called KLOO". Capital Journal. Associated Press. May 28, 1957. p. 2:1. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLOO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KLOO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Arbitron.
- ^ a b c d e FCC History Cards for KLOO
- ^ "Plans Complete For Setting Up Radio KRUL Here". Corvallis Gazette-Times. January 22, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "KRUL Corvallis, Ore., Takes Air on 1340 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 11, 1947. Retrieved October 5, 2014. (note: station sign-on was delayed two weeks)
- ^ "Corvallis Radio Station KRUL Will Be on Air for First Time at 6 P. M." Corvallis Gazette-Times. August 23, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Haley Purchases All Stock in Radio KRUL". Corvallis Gazette-Times. November 20, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "J. C. Haley Passes At Home in Tacoma". Corvallis Gazette-Times. March 26, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Seattle Trio Eyes Purchase Of KRUL; New Manager Here". Corvallis Gazette-Times. September 22, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Station KRUL Sale Announced". Corvallis Gazette-Times. March 7, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "KRUL Radio Is Sold To Three Operators". Corvallis Gazette-Times. March 6, 1957. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Radio Station Sold To Chicago Firm". Corvallis Gazette-Times. February 25, 1960. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Radio Station KLOO Sold to Eugene Pair". Corvallis Gazette-Times. December 9, 1963. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Offers $10,000". Albany Democrat-Herald. Associated Press. October 25, 1973. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "KLOO-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1978. p. C-178. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "KLOO radio is being sold". Gazette-Times. December 13, 1977. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "It won't be the same". Corvallis Gazette-Times. July 24, 1987. p. A4. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Jackman (June 27, 1981). "Family problems force KLOO split". Corvallis Gazette-Times. p. 14. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "KLOO boosts power, expands FM coverage". Albany Democrat-Herald. May 25, 1981. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 4, 1995. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ Hampton, Kevin (August 19, 1998). "KLOO changes format". Corvallis Gazette-Times. pp. B1, B5. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "CC Selling 362 Stations; 3 OR Clusters Go To Bicoastal". All Access. May 2, 2007. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
External links
- KLOO in the FCC AM station database
- KLOO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database