The station was originally licensed as KRDG, changed callsigns to KPAK on December 17, 1982, and finally to KLXR on May 12, 1989.[2] Ownership of KPAK was changed in June 1987 from Martineau Broadcasting to Radio KPAK Incorporated[2] with Franke Clark President and Richard Eisman C.E.O. and sold to Michael R. Quinn on May 12, 1989.
At midnight on January 1, 2018, KLXR went silent.[3] The station returned to the air in 2021 as a Relevant Radio affiliate.