City | Baker City, Oregon |
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Broadcast area | La Grande, Oregon |
Branding | Supertalk 1490 |
Slogan | "The Talk of Eastern Oregon" |
Frequency | 1490 kHz |
First air date | 1939 |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 24794 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°47′18″N 117°48′35″W / 44.78833°N 117.80972°W |
Callsign meaning | BaKeR |
Owner | Pacific Empire Radio Corporation |
Sister stations | KBKR, KLBM, KKBC-FM, KUBQ, KRJT |
Website | supertalk1490.com |
KBKR (1490 AM, "Supertalk 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Baker City, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The station is owned by the Pacific Empire Radio Corporation.
All five stations owned and operated by Pacific Empire Radio Corporation share a radio studio building in La Grande, Oregon, located at 2510 Cove Ave.
KBKR broadcasts a news/talk radio format in simulcast with sister station KLBM in La Grande, Oregon. Local programing includes a "swap and shop" show called Tradio every weekday morning, a weekday interview show called Your Voice, plus a weekend cooking show called Cooking Outdoors With Mr. BBQ.
Syndicated weekday programs include Daybreak USA hosted by Scott West, talk shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Lars Larson,Laura Schlessinger, Dave Ramsey, and Jerry Doyle, plus Coast To Coast AM hosted by George Noory. Notable weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show, The Financial Safari hosted by Peter D'Arruda, The Weekend hosted by Mike McConnell, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham, and blocks of sports talk from Fox Sports Radio.