KILR (AM)

KILR (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station serving the Estherville, Iowa area as well as the Iowa Great Lakes region. The station primarily broadcasts a talk radio format. KILR is licensed to Beaver Broadcasting, Inc., which also owns sister station KILR-FM. The AM-FM studios, transmitter and towers are located northeast of Estherville along Iowa Highway 4.

KILR

Estherville, Iowa
Frequency	1070 kHz
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Townhall
Ownership
Owner	Matt and Jessica Beaver (Beaver Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stations	KILR-FM
History
First air date	December 1967
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	29726
Class	D
Power	250 watts day 48 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	43°25′45″N 94°49′23″W
Translator	97.3 MHz K247CJ (Estherville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KILR AM-FM

History

The station first signed on in December 1967 as a daytimer with 250 watts.

Expanded band assignment

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KILR authorized to move from 1070 to 1690 kHz.^[2] However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built