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KKLN
Broadcast area
Willmar, Minnesota
Frequency94.1 MHz
Branding94.1 The Loon
Programming
FormatClassic Rock
AffiliationsUnited Stations Radio Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerLakeland Media, LLC
History
First air date
1989 (as KYRS)
Former call signs
KYRS (1988–1999)
Call sign meaning
KK The LooN
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
19243
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT100 meters
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website941theloon.com

KKLN (94.1 FM, "94.1 The Loon") is a classic rock format radio station in Willmar, Minnesota, which was previously broadcasting from the Kandi Mall. The station is owned by Lakeland Media, LLC.

History

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The station now known as KKLN was operating by 1989 as KYRS, a country station on 94.1 MHz licensed to Atwater, Minnesota. FMedia! listed KYRS that year as a stereo country outlet identifying with Litchfield, and a 1990 listing described the station as having studios in Litchfield.[2][3] In September 1989, Broadcasting reported that Crow River Broadcasting Inc. had sold KYRS to KYRS Inc. for $282,000.[4]

The station changed hands several times in the 1990s. In 1994, The M Street Journal reported a proposed assignment of KYRS from KYRS FM, Inc. to Elite Broadcasting, Inc.[5] Two years later, Broadcasting & Cable reported that Elite was selling KYRS to StarCom Inc. of Waite Park for $453,159; the report described the station as a country outlet with 3,000 watts on 94.1 MHz.[6]

KYRS became KKLN in June 1999.[7] Northpine reported shortly after the call-letter change that the station was using the name "Classic Country 94.1" and mixing newer and older country titles.[8] By July 1999, however, FMedia! reported that KKLN had become "The New Loon", using a classic and new rock format similar to KLZZ in Waite Park–St. Cloud.[9]

In 2000, Radio Business Report reported the sale of KKLN from KYRS FM Inc., headed by Dennis Carpenter, to Flagship Broadcasting LLC, headed by Richard Anderson and Anita Kimmes. The transaction was valued at $500,000, and the buyer had been operating the station under a local marketing agreement since July 1, 1999.[10] By 2000, technical listings showed KKLN operating with 6,000 watts at 100 meters height above average terrain.[11]

Flagship Broadcasting sold KKLN to Headwaters Media, LLC, in 2009. Radio Business Report reported the transaction at $400,000, with $300,000 due in cash at closing and a $100,000 note.[12] The Federal Communications Commission accepted the assignment application for filing in September 2009 and granted it on November 3, 2009.[13][14]

In 2025, Headwaters Media filed to assign KKLN, along with KSCR-FM, KBMO, and FM translator K278CX, to Lakeland Media LLC.[15] Northpine reported that the deal added KKLN to Lakeland Media's existing Willmar-area group.[16] Lakeland's station profile describes KKLN as a classic rock station featuring music from the 1960s through the 1990s, with local news, weather, and community-calendar announcements.[17]

Programming

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Notable weekday programming includes Loon Mornings, afternoons with Rob Ryan, and Steve Gorman Rocks.

References

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  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KKLN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "FM Atlas station listings" (PDF). FMedia!. 1989. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  3. ↑ "FM Atlas station listings" (PDF). FMedia!. 1990. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 11, 1989. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Proposed Station Transfers" (PDF). The M Street Journal. July 7, 1994. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. May 20, 1996. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  7. ↑ "KKLN-FM 94.1 MHz - Atwater, MN". Radio-Locator. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ Ellis, Jon (June 1999). "Broadcasting News-June 1999". Northpine. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Format Changes" (PDF). FMedia!. July 1999. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio Business Report. May 1, 2000. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  11. ↑ "FM Atlas station listings" (PDF). FMedia!. February 2000. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Transactions: 9-25-09". Radio & Television Business Report. September 24, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Broadcast Applications" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. September 23, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. November 9, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Public Notice: Broadcast Applications" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. February 12, 2025. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  16. ↑ Ellis, Jon (February 8, 2025). "Lakeland Media Adds Three More Western Minnesota Radio Stations". Northpine. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Lakeland Media LLC: 94.1 The Loon KKLN station profile" (PDF). Lakeland Media LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
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