KBEL-FM
Frequency | 96.7MHz |
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Branding | KBEL 96.7 FM |
Programming | |
Format | Country music |
Affiliations | Oklahoma News Network |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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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[1] | |
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/ 33.88167°N 94.81944°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official website |
KBEL-FM(96.7FM,is a terrestrial Americanradio stationbroadcasting acountry musicformat.[2]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.[3]
History
[edit]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.[4]On June 22, 1999, then-owner Harold E. Cochran assigned the station's license, along with that of its sister stationKBEL,to Box Broadcasting.[5]
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.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KBEL-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron.Summer 2009.RetrievedJuly 26,2009.
- ^"KBEL-FM Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.RetrievedJuly 26,2009.
- ^"Call Sign History".United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.RetrievedSeptember 11,2024.
- ^"Application Search Details".United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.RetrievedSeptember 11,2024.
External links
[edit]- 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