KLMR-FM

KLMR-FM (93.5 MHz) is a radio station which is currently silent, but previously broadcast a hot adult contemporary music format.[1] The station, which operated from 1978 to 2022, was licensed to serve Lamar, Colorado, United States. KLMR-FM was last owned by Aaron Leiker, through licensee 25-7 Media, Inc.[2]

KLMR-FM
Frequency93.5 MHz
Branding93.5 The Heat
Programming
FormatSilent (was hot adult contemporary)
Ownership
Owner
  • Aaron Leiker
  • (25-7 Media, Inc.)
KLMR
History
First air date
November 1978 (1978-11)
Last air date
September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)
Former call signs
KLMR-FM (1976–1982)
KSEC (1982–1999)
KSNZ (1999–2004)
Call sign meaning
"Lamar"
Technical information
Facility ID175
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT146 meters (479 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°2′10″N 102°35′58″W
Links
Websitetheheat935.com

History

The original construction permit for the station was issued to KLMR, Inc. on August 4, 1976, and issued the KLMR-FM call sign on October 26, 1976.[3] The station signed on in November 1978[4] and was licensed on March 12, 1979.[3] On October 25, 1982, the station changed its call sign to KSEC, on November 17, 1999, to KSNZ, and on May 26, 2004, back to KLMR-FM.[5]

On June 11, 2018, KLMR-FM changed its format from classic rock to hot adult contemporary, branded as "93.5 The Heat".[6]

The station's studios, co-located with the transmitter for its AM sister station, were destroyed in a microburst on July 23, 2022.[7] While KLMR-FM would resume operations from makeshift facilities in the conference room of KVAY, described by the stations' chief engineer Kit Haskins as an "engineering nightmare",[8] 25/7 Media subsequently elected to shut the station down on September 20, 2022, and surrender the KLMR-FM and KLMR licenses; the closure left KVAY, whose owner Bob DeLancey had a 33 percent interest in 25/7 Media, as the only commercial FM station in Lamar.[7] That October, the KLMR licenses were reinstated, with 25/7 Media instead requesting special temporary authority to keep the two stations silent for financial reasons.[9]On January 2, 2023, it was announced that Riverside Communications LLC had purchased KLMR 920 and KLMR-FM from 25/7 Media for $30,000. Riverside plans to rebuild and return the stations to operational status, with a tentative launch date of early 2023.[10]

References
  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
  2. "KLMR-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
  3. "KLMR-FM history cards". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  4. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 (PDF). 2010. p. D-120. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  5. "KLMR-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
  6. Double Flip in Lamar CO Radioinsight - June 12, 2018
  7. After Storm Destruction, KLMR & KLMR-FM Surrender Licenses Radioinsight - September 21, 2022
  8. Kehres, Elle (July 27, 2022). "Microburst Hits Colorado Radio Station, Downs Operations". Radio World. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  9. "FCC Report 10/16".
  10. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246805/local-buyers-acquire-colorado-stations-destroyed-in-microburst/


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