KARR is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Kirkland

Kirkland, Washington

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, Washington. The station primarily plays gospel music

Gospel music

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 and broadcasts to the Seattle metro area. It is a member of the Family Radio

Family Radio

Family Radio, also known by its licensee name Family Stations Inc., is a Christian radio network based in Oakland, California, USA, founded by Lloyd Lindquist, Richard H. Palmquist and Harold Camping...

 network.

Originally an AM daytimer--6am to sunset it signed on as KYAC and was an urban format in 1965. In 1983 the station was granted full-time 24 hours a day broadcast day by the FCC. The station was once KGAA, a country music

Country music

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 station owned by Monroe Broadcasting, a Spokane

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

-based company that also owned that city's country station, KGA

KGA

KGA is a sports radio station based in Spokane, Washington.-History:Licensed on February 4, 1927, KGA was a successful country music outlet for most of its life until 1994, when it switched to a news/talk format. KGA's former owners also established a short lived, lower powered Country Music...

. The station would be sold off in 1979 to Community Communications of Gresham, Oregon

Gresham, Oregon

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...

. The station would change its calls to KARR in 1984, and later became a station owned by Family Radio.

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