KMLE

KMLE (107.9 FM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Chandler, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area.

[2] The transmitter is off Road D in South Mountain Park amid other towers for Phoenix-area FM and TV stations.

KMLE's first owners got a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission in 1979, to build a new FM station under the call sign KLRG.

[5] The station was owned by Radio KMLE, Inc., with George T. Wilson serving as President and General Manager.

[6] National and local religious leaders would pay the station a fee for half hour segments of airtime, during which they could ask for donations to their radio ministry.

[7] At the time, KNIX-FM was often the leading station in the Phoenix ratings, having been a country outlet since 1969, first under the ownership of singer and TV host Buck Owens and later Clear Channel Communications, now known as iHeartMedia.