KBEL-FM
History
KBEL-FM was originally a 3,000 watt ERP monoaural FM station taking to the airwaves in 1974. The Idabel stations were originally sister stations of radio stations in Mount Pleasant, Texas which is about 85 miles south of Idabel, Oklahoma.
The station changed its call sign on December 12, 1990, from KWDG then a rock station to 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 station KBEL, to Box Broadcasting.
The licenses of both KBEL-FM and KBEL were 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
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBEL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
- ^ "KBEL-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
- ^ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 14758 (KBEL-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KBEL-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for KBEL-FM