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The History of KJSK and KLIR

Radio station KJSK-AM, 900 kilocycles and 1000 watts non-directional went on the air April 28th, 1948 with a 260-foot tower, transmitter, and studio facilities on Shady Lake Road just Northwest of Columbus, Nebraska. The transmitter and tower site still remain there today.

The original owner, George Basil Anderson, had a vision to provide Christian programming and an outreach ministry to the community of Columbus, so construction on the new radio station was begun in 1947.

At the heart of KJSK's programming was "The Glorious Gospel Hour" which Mr. Anderson had already directed on another Nebraska radio station for five years. The program provided listeners with inspirational Christian music and a timely devotional message for the day. The Glorious Gospel Hour continued to be a daily feature of KJSK for over 30 years.

Much of the programming was performed live in the studio in the early years and featured many popular Christian radio preachers and musicians, as well as regional polka artists and their music.

Some of the original staff of KJSK-AM included George Basil and Florence Anderson, Gertrud DeGroot, Eugene and Alice Jones, Carl Rafferty, Max and Marjorie Reeves, E.C. Becker, polka artists Amil Kubal and Frank A. Podraza.

KJSK-AM was the original "Heart Of The Nation Station", but the organization later owned stations in Kansas and Colorado, which became known as "Heart Of The Nation Stations". KJSK-FM went on the air in 1964 and gave the organization a new audience and a new frequency, 101.1 Megahertz, for its programming.

In 1977, KJSK-FM became KOXI-FM with a new format of "beautiful music". The other Heart Of The Nation Stations also aired traditional Christian programming on the AM and beautiful music on the FM. In 1983, KOXI-FM was broadcasting from a new 700-foot tower site 12 miles South of Columbus with 100,000 Watts ERP. KOXI-FM became KLIR-FM in 1984 with a format transition to Adult Contemporary music which has remained until the present. Heartland Broadcasting, Inc. purchased the stations from the Anderson family in 1992.

In August of 1994, the format of KJSK was modified to News/Talk" ...emphasizing news, talk, sports, markets, and family issues programming.

In June of 2001, KJSK and KLIR were purchased by Three Eagles Communications of Lincoln, Nebraska. Five radio stations and one satellite farm network are co-located at 1418 25th Street. Radio stations are: KLIR-FM 101.1MHz, KJSK-AM 900KHz, KKOT-FM 93.5MHz, KTTT-AM 1510KHz, and KZEN-FM 100.3MHz.

The Farm and Ranch Radio Network is called Farm Net.

Three Eagles Communications owes its name to President and CEO, Rolland Johnson, who as a youngster near O'Neill, Nebraska in Holt County, observed three eagles soaring over the ranch land where he lived. He said if he ever owned a company, he would name it "three eagles."