KLUE

KLUE
City Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Branding KLUE 103.5
Slogan Playing Today's Best Variety of Hits
Frequency 103.5 MHz
First air date 1999
Format Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 99 meters (325 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 15942
Transmitter coordinates 36°50′50″N 90°19′52″W / 36.84722°N 90.33111°W / 36.84722; -90.33111Coordinates: 36°50′50″N 90°19′52″W / 36.84722°N 90.33111°W / 36.84722; -90.33111
Callsign meaning The word "clue"
Former callsigns KZMA (1990-2003)
Owner Benjamin Stratemeyer
Sister stations KZMA
Website Official website
www.kluefm.com

KLUE (103.5 FM, "KLUE 103.5") is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio music format.[1] Licensed to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Benjamin Stratemeyer and features live and local programming programming.

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station to Twin Eagle Communications on October 26, 1990.[2] The station was assigned the call sign KZMA on December 12, 1990, and received its license to cover on February 2, 1999.[3] On April 26, 2002, Twin Eagle assigned the station's license to the current owner, Benjamin Stratemeyer, at a price of $800,000.[4] On March 27, 2003, the station changed its call sign to the current KLUE.[5]

The KLUE calls previously belonged to a Top 40 AM station in Longview, TX that transmitted on 1280 kHz. KLUE Longview was on the air from approximately 1965 until 1984. KLUE Longview made history in 1966 when they organized one of the first Beatles bonfires in response to John Lennon's more popular than Jesus comment. The KLUE bonfire was held on Friday, August 12, 1966. The following day, the KLUE broadcast tower was struck by lightning, damaging much of their equipment and sending the news director to the hospital.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ "KLUE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  6. ↑ "KLUE radio, Texas, is struck by lightning".


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