Station manager buys KRLT-KOWL

South Shore-based radio stations KRLT and KOWL are about to change ownership.

General Manager Steve Harness is buying 93.9-FM and 1490-AM from Cherry Creek Radio. The deal should be completed July 21. The FCC must still approve the transfer.

The on air talent and programming are expected to remain the same.

Harness has been with KRLT-KOWL since 2007. He started as a disc jockey, became program director, operations manager and then general manager last year.

The 39-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident started his broadcast career while in high school.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report