| KLMR-FM | |
| City: | Lamar, Colorado |
| Branding: | Kool 93.5 |
| Frequency: | 93.5 MHz |
| Format: | Classic hits |
| Erp: | 100,000 watts |
| Haat: | 146m (479feet) |
| Class: | C1 |
| Facility Id: | 175 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Coordinates: | 38.0361°N -102.5994°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | "Lamar" |
| Owner: | Danton Cochell and Kirk Crespin |
| Licensee: | Riverside Communications, LLC |
| Sister Stations: | KLMR |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | myklmr.com |
KLMR-FM (93.5 MHz) is a radio station which broadcasts a classic hits format. The station is licensed to serve Lamar, Colorado, United States. KLMR-FM is owned by Danton Cochell and Kirk Crespin, through licensee Riverside Communications, LLC.[1]
The original construction permit for the station was issued to KLMR, Inc. on August 4, 1976, and issued the KLMR-FM call sign on October 26, 1976.[2] The station signed on in November 1978[3] and was licensed on March 12, 1979.[2] On October 25, 1982, the station changed its call sign to KSEC, on November 17, 1999, to KSNZ, and on May 26, 2004, back to KLMR-FM.[4]
On June 11, 2018, KLMR-FM changed its format from classic rock to hot adult contemporary, branded as "93.5 The Heat".[5]
The station's studios, co-located with the transmitter for its AM sister station, were destroyed in a microburst on July 23, 2022.[6] While KLMR-FM would resume operations from makeshift facilities in the conference room of KVAY, described by the stations' chief engineer Kit Haskins as an "engineering nightmare",[7] 25/7 Media subsequently elected to shut the station down on September 20, 2022, and surrender the KLMR-FM and KLMR licenses; the closure left KVAY, whose owner Bob DeLancey had a 33 percent interest in 25/7 Media, as the only commercial FM station in Lamar.[6] That October, the KLMR licenses were reinstated, with 25/7 Media instead requesting special temporary authority to keep the two stations silent for financial reasons.[8] On January 2, 2023, it was announced that Riverside Communications, LLC had purchased KLMR 920 and KLMR-FM from 25/7 Media for $30,000; the purchase was consummated on March 1. Riverside planned to rebuild and return the stations to operational status, with a tentative launch date of early 2023.[9] Testing and tuning of the KLMR-FM signal began on May 8, 2023, with the official relaunch with a classic hits format scheduled for May 15, 2023.[10]