KKRV
radio station in Wenatchee, Washington
KKRV (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format licensed to Wenatchee, Washington, United States. The station is owned by Connoisseur Media, through Alpha Media Licensee LLC. The station is also simulcast on one broadcast translator - 105.1 FM.
History
The station went on the air as KYJR-FM on May 20, 1981, as Top 40/hard rock station Y-105. On November 3, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KSSY when it had a format change to adult contemporary (Classy 105). On May 29, 1995, the call sign was changed to KKRV, to reflect the move to a classic rock format and its new branding as "The River". The station switched to its country format in 1998.
On May 20, 2014, KKRV became the first Wenatchee-area commercial station to broadcast in HD Radio. It added a simulcast of sister station KWLN on HD2 to provide better coverage in the broadcast area.
94.3 Jack FM
On April 1, 2018, Jack FM was launched, and a HD3 subchannel was added to KKRV to carry the Jack FM simulcast.
The HD3 channel can also be heard on 94.3 FM K232ED (hence the branding as 94.3 Jack FM), a frequency that was originally to be used to simulcast KKRT's signal to Zune and other radio receivers that did not pick up AM signals, but was later abandoned.
The public source identifies “KKRV” as radio station in Wenatchee, Washington. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KKRV, radio and station.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6332086. Authority coordinates are 47.479, -120.214. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1988, 1995 and 1998.
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