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KARO (98.7 FM

FM broadcasting

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, "Air 1") is a radio station

Radio station

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licensed

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in United States and Canada broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Nyssa, Oregon

Nyssa, Oregon

Nyssa is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,163 at the 2000 United States Census. The city is located along the Snake River on the Idaho border, in the region of far eastern Oregon known as the "Treasure Valley"....
, USA. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music format as part of the Air 1

Air 1

Air 1 is a Christian music radio network in the United States, operated by the non-profit organization EMF Broadcasting. Air 1 primarily plays a heavier blend of contemporary Christian music than its sister station K-LOVE, mainly Christian pop and lighter versions of Christian rock music....
network.

station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

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for a new 3,000 watt

WATT

WATT is a radio station broadcasting a News radio-Talk radio-Sports radio format. Licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1945....
radio station broadcasting at 98.7 MHz from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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on December 5, 1989

1989 in radio

The year 1989 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting....
. The new station was assigned the call letters KGZH by the FCC on February 21, 1990.

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KARO (98.7 FM

FM broadcasting

Radio station

City of license

Nyssa, Oregon

Air 1

History

This station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

WATT

Federal Communications Commission

1989 in radio

The year 1989 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting....
. The new station was assigned the call letters KGZH by the FCC on February 21, 1990. After a series of delays, extensions, a shift in transmitter site, and an upgrade in authorized power, KGZH finally received its license to cover

Broadcast license

A broadcast license is a specific type of frequency allocation that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency radio spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes....
as a 100,000 watt

WATT

WATT is a radio station broadcasting a News radio-Talk radio-Sports radio format. Licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1945....
radio station from the FCC on April 23, 1998.

In June 1998, Mason Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to First Western Inc. for a reported sale price of $49,400. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 23, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on August 5, 1998.

In January 2003, First Western Inc. (G.W. Gilbert, president/director) reached an agreement to sell this station to the Educational Media Foundation (Richard Jenkins, president) for a reported sale price of $1 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 25, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on March 19, 2003. At the time of the sale, KGZH aired a country music

Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
format. The new owners had the FCC change the station's call letters to the current KARO on March 27, 2003

2003 in radio

The year 2003 in radio broadcasting involved some significant events....
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