KBEL-FM

For the AM radio station in Idabel, Oklahoma, United States, seeKBEL (AM).

KBEL-FM

Idabel,Oklahoma
Frequency	96.7MHz
Branding	KBEL 96.7 FM
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Oklahoma News Network
Ownership
Owner	Dave Smulyan (KBEL Communications, LLC)
Sister stations	KBEL
History
First air date	1974 (as KWDG)
Former call signs	KWDG (1974–1990) KBEL-FM (1990–Present)
Call signmeaning	KIdaBEL(city of license; shared with AM sister station)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	14758
Class	C3
ERP	25,000watts
HAAT	91 meters (299 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°52′54″N94°49′10″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official website

KBEL-FM(96.7FM,is a terrestrial Americanradio stationbroadcasting acountry musicformat.Licensed toIdabel, Oklahoma,United States, the station is currently owned by Dave Smulyan through licensee KBEL Communications, LLC and features programming fromWestwood Oneand the Oklahoma News Network.

History

KBEL-FM was originally a 3,000 wattERPmonoauralFM station taking to the airwaves in 1974. The Idabel stations were originally sister stations of radio stations inMount Pleasant, Texaswhich is about 85 miles south of Idabel, Oklahoma.

The station changed itscall signon December 12, 1990, from KWDG then arock stationto KBEL-FM to program country music by the new owner Curt Cochran.On June 22, 1999, then-owner Harold E. Cochran assigned the station's license, along with that of its sister stationKBEL,to Box Broadcasting.

The licenses of both KBEL-FM andKBELwere assigned by Box Broadcasting to Rod Liechti's Brute Force Radio; the transaction was consummated on July 30, 2013. Brute Force Radio sold the stations to current owner Dave Smulyan of KBEL Communications, LLC effective October 9, 2018 for $230,000.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 14758 (KBEL-FM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• KBEL-FMinNielsen Audio's FM station database
• FCC History Cards for KBEL-FM