City | Sutherlin, Oregon |
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Branding | i101 |
Frequency | 100.9 MHz |
Translator(s) | 100.7 K264BR (Roseburg) |
First air date | 1998 (as KAVJ at 101.1) |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
ERP | 3,600 watts |
HAAT | 262 meters (860 feet) |
Class | C3 |
Facility ID | 69657 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°22′19″N 123°21′15″W / 43.37194°N 123.35417°W |
Callsign meaning | K SKoRe ("Score", previous format) |
Former callsigns | KAVJ (1997-2008) |
Former frequencies | 101.1 MHz (1999-2013) |
Owner | Brooke Communications, Inc. |
Sister stations | KKMX, KQEN, KRSB-FM, KSKR |
Webcast | Listen (32 KBPS) |
Website | ¡101radio.com |
KSKR-FM (100.9 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Sutherlin, Oregon, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1998, is currently owned by Brooke Communications, Inc.
KSKR-FM broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format branded as "¡101". During its time as a sports station, KSKR-FM carried high school football and other local sporting events as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network. KSKR-FM also aired University of Oregon Ducks football, baseball, and men's basketball as a member of the Oregon Sports Network. On Saturday nights the nationally syndicated show Most Requested Live is aired. Every Sunday, the Weekend Top 30 with Hollywood Hamilton and Club Kane is aired
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 31, 1995. The new station was assigned the call letters KAVJ by the FCC on June 1, 1997. KAVJ received its license to cover from the FCC on February 25, 1999.
In August 2002, Valentine Coastal Communications, Inc. (Bernie Foster, owner) reached an agreement to sell this station to Brooke Communications, Inc. (Patrick Markham, president) for $650,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 21, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on December 16, 2002. At the time of the sale, the station broadcast an oldies music format branded as "101.1 Cool FM".
The oldies format persisted until 2008 when the station became a full-time affiliate of ESPN Radio branded as "The Score". The station was assigned the current KSKR-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on June 7, 2008.