KXLE is a radio station located in Ellensburg, Washington , United States, operating on a frequency of 1240 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts. The AM transmitter tower is located at the station's offices and studios at 1311 Vantage Highway in Ellensburg. As of July 2007 ^[update] , the programming format of the station is news/talk , and includes the syndicated programming of Rush Limbaugh , Michael Medved , Jerry Doyle and George Noory , and carries Seattle Mariners baseball games. ^[4] The station is owned by Ellensburg Radio Broadcasting.

History [ edit ]

The station signed on July 19, 1946 as KCOW. ^[1] It changed its call letters to KXLE on November 27, 1946. ^[5] At the time, the station was part of the Pacific Northwest Broadcasters, a group of stations owned in whole or in part by Ed Craney that also included KXLY in Spokane , KXL in Portland, Oregon , KXLF in Butte, Montana , KXLJ in Helena, Montana , KXLQ in Bozeman, Montana , KXLK in Great Falls, Montana , and KXLL in Missoula, Montana ; other than KXL, and the newly-launched KXLK and KXLL, the other stations also concurrently changed their call letters to incorporate the letters "XL". ^[6]

The station's previous owner, KXLE, Inc. was owned by Sol M. Tacher of Bellevue, Washington , and his son. ^[7] In 2023, the Tachers sold KXLE and KXLE-FM to Ellensburg Radio Broadcasting for $250,000. ^[8]

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External links [ edit ]

• KXLE in the FCC AM station database
• KXLE in Nielsen Audio 's AM station database

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