KMLE
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| City of license | Chandler, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Branding | New Country New KMLE @ 107-9 slogan = |
| Frequency | 107.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 107.9 HD2 KMLE Country |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 529 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 59965 |
| Callsign meaning | Sounds like "Camel" (jumbled) |
| Former callsigns | KLRG (1979, CP) |
| Owner | CBS Radio (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KOOL-FM, KZON |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kmle108.com |
KMLE is a country music radio station serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. The CBS Radio station operates at 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 96 kW and is licensed to Chandler, Arizona. Its facility ID number is 59965. Its studios are located in downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park.
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 June 18 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).
On-air staff
KMLE's current morning show consists of Steve Kramer and Nina D Espero along with their producer Jeana Shepard. They are on Monday-Friday from 5:30-10. Their first show aired November 1, 2013. Chris Matthews is on from 10-1. Then it's David Dean from 1-6. Nights are done by Kimmie Caruba from 6-12.
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.
HD radio
KMLE's HD Radio signal is multiplexed. The main signal is a simulcast of KMLE's country music programming. The second channel carried KMLE Country, Tim and Willy's Classic Country.
Tim and Willy were terminated from the radio station during the summer of 2012. The "brand" on the second channel was changed to Top 20. It left Phoenix with no classic country availability over the air.
External links
- KMLE Country 108's website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KMLE
- Radio-Locator information on KMLE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KMLE
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