KLRC

KLRC

City	Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) area, Talequah, Oklahoma
Slogan	"The Positive Difference"
Frequency	90.9 MHz
Translator(s)	101.1 KLAB (Siloam Springs) 99.1 K256BG (Bentonville) 103.5 K278BB (Springdale)
First air date	August 1983
Format	Contemporary Christian AC
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	148 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	174140
Owner	John Brown University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	klrc.com

KLRC is a non-commercial Contemporary Christian music radio station based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas broadcasting on 90.9 FM in Northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma.

It is also heard on 101.1 in Siloam Springs, AR, 99.1 FM in Bentonville, and at 103.5 FM in Springdale. The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has named KLRC as the GMA/Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB) Small Market Radio Station of the Year four times: in 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2008. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) named KLRC the Marconi Award winner for Religious Station of the Year in 2013.

Station history

KLRC began in late August 1983 as a 100 watt station serving only the John Brown University (JBU) campus and the immediate community. Located at 90.3 FM, the station was housed in the Cathedral of the Ozarks on the JBU campus. Its primary purpose was to serve as a training ground for JBU broadcasting students.

In the fall of 1988, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a power increase to 3,100 watts effective radiated power. With the higher power, the FCC also changed the frequency of KLRC from 90.3 to 101.1 FM.

KLRC continued to see steady growth through the early 1990s. The number of listeners increased, and the donations received at each annual sharathon increased as well. In January 1996, KLRC began broadcasting 24 hours a day. In 2000, the sixty-year-old tower that KLRC had been broadcasting from was allowed to fall as the station began broadcasting from a new tower and transmitter. And, in September of that year, KLRC debuted worldwide with its live internet stream.

In 2002, KLRC moved out of the Learning Resource Center and into its own building on the west end of the John Brown University campus, giving the station more room to expand. By July 2005, KLRC began broadcasting 23 hours of locally generated music programming each weekday. The station also added a new “Family Hour” each weeknight, comprising two family-oriented talk shows. The studios were moved again in the summer of 2011, this time to a building located off-campus in downtown Siloam Springs.

The station's growth has continued, as the station went from one full-time employee in 1996 to seven full-time and several part-time staff by 2013.

In February 2013, KLRC launched a new 100,000 watt station at the frequency 90.9 FM. The new tower is located a few miles west of West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma, and the station is licensed to Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The station in Siloam Springs at the 101.1 FM frequency changed call-signs to KLAB, and now simulcasts with 90.9 FM.

On-air staff

Mark Michaels and Keri Lynn are the station's morning hosts. Sean Sawatzky is the midday host, and Ansen Bayer and Kara Bird are the afternoon show hosts. A variety of part-time staff and John Brown University broadcasting students fill the remaining on-air roles.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLRC

Radio-Locator information on KLRC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLRC

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLAB

Radio-Locator information on KLAB

Radio stations in the Fayetteville / North West Arkansas market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.3 92.1 93.3 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.7 96.7 98.3 99.1 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	790 1030 1140 1190 1250 1290 1390 1590

By callsign	K256BG K278BB K287AN KAKS KAMO-FM KAYH KBNV KBVA KCYT KEZA KFAY KFFK KFMD-FM KIGL KISR KKEG KKIX KLAB KLRC KLTK KMCK-FM KMXF KOFC KQSM-FM KREB KRMW KSEC KUAF KUOA KURM KURM-FM KXNA KXUA KYNG

Nearby radio markets Ft. Smith Hot Springs Joplin Little Rock Springfield Tulsa See also List of radio stations in Arkansas

Religious radio stations in the state of Arkansas

Stations	KAAY – Little Rock KANX – Sheridan KAOG – Jonesboro KAOW – Fort Smith KAPG – Bentonville KARH – Forrest City KBCM – Blytheville KBDO – Des Arc KBMJ – Heber Springs KBNV – Fayetteville KBPB – Harrison KBPU – De Queen KBPW – Hampton KCAV – Marshall KCMH – Mountain Home KDUA-LP – Rogers KEAZ – Kensett KFSA – Fort Smith KGSF – Huntsville KHBR-LP – Decatur KHSA-LP – Hot Springs KIHW-LP – West Helena KJBN – Little Rock KJSM-FM – Augusta KKJJ – Diamond City KLAB – Siloam Springs KLRM – Melbourne KNFR – Gravel Ridge KNWA – Bellefonte KOAR – Beebe KOFC – Fayetteville KOSE – Wilson KOZR-LP – Gentry KSSQ-LP – Siloam Springs KUUZ – Lake Village KVDW – England KWHA – West Helena

Defunct	KBRI – Brinkley

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Arkansas college radio stations

Stations	KHDX (Hendrix College) KLAB (John Brown University) KRMN-LP (Rich Mountain Community College) KSWH-LP (Henderson State University) KXRJ (Arkansas Tech University) KXUA (University of Arkansas)

Defunct	KSWH-FM (Henderson University)

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

Coordinates: 36°11′28″N 94°33′58″W / 36.191°N 94.566°W / 36.191; -94.566

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