It began broadcasting at some point between late 1934 and early 1935 and until now has served the cities of Clarkston, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho, as “Hometown Radio,” airing Country music.
Now, this Class D AM with an FM translator are going dark “for an unknown amount of time.”
As first reported by Streamline Publishing’s Radio Ink, The McVey Entertainment Group “regrets to inform the public” that KRLC-AM 1350 and K226CT at 93.1 MHz will cease operations on Thursday night.
McVey acquired the stations in March 2021 from Inland Northwest Broadcasting, an Ida-Vend Company entity, along with KMOK-FM & KVTY-FM for $350,000.
The main reason for the silence of “Hometown Radio,” McVey explains, “is that relocating an AM radio station and its equipment is a very long and expensive process.” According to Radio Ink, MEG Managing Partner Angie McVey cited a land lease expiration for KRLC’s tower as the culprit for its sign-off under Special Temporary Authority.
KMOK and KVTY have each been relocated to McVey’s Snake River Avenue location; K226CT falls under different rules because its main signal originates from the KRLC-AM transmitter, as it is a FM translator.
“All that can be done is being done to hopefully bring back KRLC at some point in the future,” McVey said.
KRLC had been the Lewiston, Idaho, affiliate for the Seattle Mariners Baseball Network. These broadcasts will soon shift to KOZE-AM 950 and FM 95.5, the company said.
