KMLE

Infobox Radio station
name = KMLE


city = Chandler, Arizona
area = Phoenix, Arizona
branding = "KMLE Country 108"
airdate = 1979
frequency = 107.9 (MHz) HD Radio
format = Country
erp = 96,000 watts
haat = 529 meters
class = C
facility_id = 59965
owner = CBS Radio
webcast = [http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?CALLSIGN=KMLEFM Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kmle108.com/ www.kmle108.com]
callsign_meaning = Sounds like "Camel" (jumbled)

KMLE, "KMLE Country 108", is a Country music outlet serving the Phoenix area. The CBS Radio station operates at 107.9MHz with an ERP of 96 kw and is licensed to Chandler, Arizona. Its facility ID number is 59965.

History

KMLE's first owners got a permit in 1979, under the KLRG call sign. It was never used, and it eventually acquired the KMLE call letters on 18 June of that year. KMLE is one of two Country music outlets in the Phoenix market, since it is locked into a long time battle with Clear Channel-owned KNIX-FM, which began in 1988. The battle could be ground down to the conglomerates that own the two stations: Clear Channel (KNIX) and CBS Radio (KMLE).

Misc.

Though the station's ID may sound like "Camel Country", it is spelled with the station's call letters. The same goes for the KMLE in KMLE Nation.

KMLE Nation

The station runs a major listening club known as the KMLE Nation. It has its own website, [http://kmlenation.com] . This program not only is the front-end for such promotions as a concert rewards shirt, "KMLEflage" and as a front-end for station miscellaneous items and community support, it is used frequently on air, so much that one of the big programs has Nation in its title: Jeff West's weekday nighttime show, the Nighttime Nation.

tation programming schedule

Weekday

11pm-5am Cactus Jack
5am-9am Dave Pratt in the Morning
9am-1pm Gwen Foster
1pm-6pm Stu Evans ("Big Shoe" Stu)
6pm-11pm Jeff West "The Nighttime Nation"

KMLE HD2

On May 1, 2006, CBS Radio announced that once KMLE's HD Radio equipment is placed on the air later in the year, they will program a Country Variety format called "Willie" (named in homage to Willie Nelson) on its HD2 subchannel. [http://www.cbsradio.com/releases/view_release.php?date=/060501_3] . As of June 2007, the HD equipment is on the air, but the subchannel is still a work in progress.

External links

* [http://www.kmle108.com KMLE Country 108's website]
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