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KLLS

Lumberton, Texas
Broadcast area	Beaumont, Texas, Lumberton, Texas, Golden Triangle
Frequency	1300 AM (kHz)
Branding	Music Radio Double-L S
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Christopher W. Boone (Southeast Texas Telecom, LLC)
History
First air date	December 31, 1959 (as KKAS Silsbee, Texas)
Former call signs	KKAS (1959-2000) KSET (2000-2016)
Technical information
Facility ID	31108
Class	B
Power	2,000 watts day 270 watts night

KLLS 1300 AM is a radio station licensed to Lumberton, Texas. The station is owned by Christopher Boone, through licensee Southeast Texas Telecom, LLC (FCC Approval and consummation of the sale took place August 10, 2015).

As of June 2016, KLLS has re-introduced AM stereo (Motorola's C-QUAM system) and relaunched classic Top 40, now branding as Music Radio Double-L S.

History

1300 was originally licensed to Hardin County Broadcasting, on December 31, 1959. The call sign assigned to the new station was KKAS and it was licensed to Silsbee, Texas at 500 watts. The KKAS studios were located at the transmitter site which (as the FCC described as) Highway 327, 3 miles west of the center of Silsbee. Eventually KKAS acquired an FM on 101.7, and was sold to Cumulus in 2004 which became KAYD-FM.

2000

On January 31, 2000, KKAS changed its callsign to KSET.

2011

KSET's logo as "Freedom 1300"

KSET was moved to Lumberton in 2011, with the construction of a 4-tower directional array, KSET was able to become a full Beaumont/Port Arthur station. Also in 2011, KSET changed format to news talk, and was billed as "Freedom 1300", but did not do well in the Beaumont/Port Arthur market, especially going up against KLVI's established conservative talk format.

2014

On May 10, 2014, KSET filed a Special Temporary Authority with the FCC to go silent for one year.

2015

On May 11, 2015, KSET filed with the FCC to resume operations and sign back on the air. Also in May, the pending sale to Southwest Texas Telecom LLC was announced. On July 11, KSET returned to the air with music briefly, testing the directional antenna and C-Quam equipment. The test revealed a problem with the stereo exciter and KSET concluded testing. On July 31, testing of the KSET facility resumed, making the final preparations for the station before its targeted mid-late August launch as "Musicradio 1300" carrying the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. Former WLS DJ and current voice/DJ on WLS-FM, Jeff Davis is the Voice of Musicradio 1300. The FCC approved the transfer of control on August 10 and the sale was consummated that afternoon with paperwork filed with the FCC that evening.

2016

On April 8, 2016, KSET went silent due to transmitter damage from lightning. The station changed its call sign to KLLS (a tribute to Chicago radio station WLS as Double-L S ) on May 17, 2016. As of June 26, 2016, KLLS has returned to the airwaves, broadcasting a classic hits music format with AM Stereo coming online the next day.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID KLLS ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database