KARR

KARR may refer to:

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KARR (AM)

KARR (1460 AM) is a radio station in Kirkland, Washington. The station primarily plays traditional Christian music and broadcasts to the Seattle metro area. It is a member of the Family Radio network.

Originally an AM daytimer--6am to sunset, it signed on as KYAC in 1965, and aired an urban format. In 1975, KYAC moved to 1250 AM, with 1460 becoming KILO, and aired an album rock format. In 1977, it became KGAA, a country music station owned by Monroe Broadcasting, a Spokane-based company that also owned that city's country station, KGA. In 1979, KGAA flipped to an MOR format. The station would be sold off that year to Community Communications of Gresham, Oregon. In 1983, the station was granted full-time 24 hours a day broadcast day by the FCC. The station would change its calls to KARR in 1984, and flipped to an adult standards format, utilizing the "Music of Your Life" network feed. In 1985, KARR went silent; the following September, KARR returned to the air as an affiliate of Family Radio, and would be owned Family Radio itself.

KARR (Knight Rider)

KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot) is the name of a fictional, automated, prototype vehicle featured as a major antagonist in two episodes of the television series Knight Rider and was part of a multi-episode story arc in the 2008 revived series.

Origin and background

KARR is the prototype version of KITT, originally designed by Wilton Knight and built by his company Knight Industries. Upon completion of the vehicle, KARR's CPU was installed and activated. However, a programming error made the computer unstable and potentially dangerous. The project was put on hold and KARR was placed in storage until a solution could be found.

Unlike KITT, whose primary directive is to protect human life, KARR was programmed for self-preservation, making him a ruthless and unpredictable threat. He does not appear as streetwise as KITT, being very naive and inexperienced and having a childlike perception of the world. This has occasionally allowed people to take advantage of his remarkable capabilities for their own gain; however, due to his ruthless nature he sometimes uses people's weaknesses and greed as a way to manipulate them for his own goals. Despite this, he does ultimately consider himself superior (always referring to KITT as "the inferior production line model") as well as unstoppable, and due to his programming the villains don't usually get very far. KARR demonstrates a complete lack of respect or loyalty - on one occasion ejecting his passenger to reduce weight and increase his chances of escape.