and ownership with this radio station see kyur . for the fm station formerly sharing call letters with this station see kbrj . khar city anchorage alaska broadcast area anchorage alaska branding sportsradio 590 & 96.7 frequency 590 khz translator s 96.7 k244eg anchorage first air date january 7 1961 1961 01 07 format sports power 5 000 watts class b facility id 60914 callsign meaning station founder willis harpel ; also a reference to longtime heart branding affiliations cbs sports radio owner alpha media llc alpha media licensee llc sister stations kbrj keag kfqd kmxs kwhl webcast listen live website khar590.com khar is a commercial sports radio station in anchorage alaska broadcasting on 590 am . the station features programming from the cbs sports radio network . contents 1 history 2 translator 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit khar went on the air in 1961 . the station was founded by willis bill harpel who previously worked at kfqd and owned stations in washington state . harpel founded sourdough broadcasters and would launch khar fm now kbrj and khar tv now kyur prior to his accidental death in january 1968 . his family particularly widow patricia and son craig would continue to run sourdough broadcasters for many more decades . during its earlier decades khar like many am stations aired a general format including music and news . notable aspects of early programming included broadcasting messages to bush residents a practice once fairly common amongst urban broadcasters in alaska but found on very few stations today . the station was also noted for carrying the commentaries of ruben gaines a onetime poet laureate of alaska known for creating the character chilkoot charlie . khar s former heart radio logo . khar programmed an adult standards format or minor variations thereof from at least the 1970s until 2013 . the station s branding heart radio 59 was also featured for decades . khar was one of very few commercial stations in alaska whose format more or less remained intact during the era of broadcasting company consolidation which began in the 1990s . resultant from that consolidation khar was one of a number of anchorage stations acquired by morris communications . it shared studios with its sister stations in the morris alaska building near the dimond center . on may 1 2013 khar changed their format from adult standards to sports with programing from cbs sports radio . 1 morris communications sold khar and thirty two other stations to alpha media llc effective september 1 2015 at a purchase price of 38.25 million . translator edit khar is also broadcast on the following fm translator call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w class fcc info k244eg 96.7 anchorage alaska 250 d fcc see also edit list of radio stations in alaska references edit http radioinsight.com blog headlines 81872 khar anchorage flips to sports external links edit alaska portal radio portal official website query the fcc s am station database for khar radio locator information on khar query nielsen audio s am station database for khar query the fcc s fm station database for k244eg radio locator information on k244eg v t e anchorage alaska radio stations by fm frequency 87.7 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.1 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.7 95.1 95.5 96.3 96.7 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.3 102.1 103.1 103.7 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.5 by am frequency 550 590 650 700 750 1020 1080 1110 1430 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by callsign k236cg k244eg k279bg kabn fm kafc kagv kakl kash fm katb kaug kayo kbbo fm kbfx kbrj kbyr kec43 keag keni keul kfat kfqd kgot khar kjha kjlp kkni klef kmbq fm kmvn kmxs knba knik lp knlt koan krua kska ktmb ktzn kvnt kwhl kxlw kyka kymg kznd fm defunct kwmd 90.1 fm kraw 90.5 fm alaska radio markets anchorage other alaska radio regions fairbanks juneau kenai alaska bush alaska interior southeast alaska south central alaska see also list of radio stations in alaska v t e alpha media am radio stations kaan kabi kate kaus kbnn kbrk kcob kdkd kfor kfqd kglo kgnc kgrn khar kiik kjam kjff kjjq kjpw kkrt kmcd kmrn knwh knwq knwz knzr koka krei ksah ksal ktsa ktub kufo kvgh kwiq kwix kwok kxro kxtg kzdc wang wcha whag whbc whhw whis wibw wing wirl wjnt wjol wjqs wkez wkrs wlip wmbd wntx woad woic wrnn wrns wsgw wtni wxbd fm radio stations kaan fm kaus fm kayo kbay kbff kbls kbmg kbrj kbrk fm kbte kbtt kclb fm kclz kcob fm kcpi kdbx kdes fm kdgl kdkd fm kdks fm kdlo fm kdut kdux fm keag keez fm kezr kfbd fm kfrx kgnc fm kgnz khhl kiai kiaq kibz kink kirk kixx kjam fm kjel kjxk kkbb kkdv kkfd fm kkiq kkrv kkus kkuu kkwk klak kley fm klkl klll fm klly kmad fm kmkt kmmx kmxs knzr fm kone kooi koye kozq fm kpsi fm kres krti ksah fm ksaj fm ksal fm ktal fm ktcm ktfm ktjj ktpk kuic kupl kwhl kwiq fm kwix fm kwln kxea kxgl kxl fm kxxk kyez kykx w228ci w242by w262by w274bm warq warv fm wbbt fm wccq wcen fm wcli fm wcpr fm wdht wdjx wdld weat wero werv fm wfls fm wfxh fm wgbl wgco wger wghl wgtz wgzb fm whaj whbc fm whkx whqx whxt wibw fm wiil wikz wirk wjmi wkoy fm wkxi fm wkzq fm wlfv wmbx wmfx wmjm wmyb wngy wpbg wqbb wqcm wqsl wqzl wrks wrmf wrnn fm wrns fm wrou fm wrwn wrxq wscz wsgw fm wssr wswt wtlz wubb wvbx wwdm wwlb wwuz wxcl wxlc wxma wxqr fm wxyk wxyy wyav website alphamediausa.com v t e sports radio stations in the state of alaska stations kcbf fairbanks khar anchorage koan anchorage ksld soldotna ktzn anchorage see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in alaska see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa coordinates 61 07 12 n 149 53 43 w 61.12000 n 149.89528 w 61.12000 ; 149.89528 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title khar & oldid 738771827 categories 1961 establishments in alaskaradio stations established in 1961radio stations in anchorage alaskasports radio stations in the united statesalpha media radio stationshidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 23 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view