KLMR-FM

KLMR-FM (93.5 MHz) is a radio station which broadcasts a classic hits format. The station is licensed to serve Lamar, Colorado, United States. KLMR-FM is owned by Danton Cochell and Kirk Crespin, through licensee Riverside Communications, LLC.^[2]

KLMR-FM

Lamar, Colorado
Frequency	93.5 MHz
Branding	Kool 93.5
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Danton Cochell and Kirk Crespin (Riverside Communications, LLC)
Sister stations	KLMR
History
First air date	November 1978 (1978-11)
Former call signs	KLMR-FM (1976–1982) KSEC (1982–1999) KSNZ (1999–2004)
Call sign meaning	"Lamar"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	175
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	146 meters (479 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°2′10″N 102°35′58″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	myklmr.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; the purchase was consummated on March 1. Riverside planned to rebuild and return the stations to operational status, with a tentative launch date of early 2023.^[10] Testing and tuning of the KLMR-FM signal began on May 8, 2023, with the official relaunch with a classic hits format scheduled for May 15, 2023.^[11]