KBEL (AM)

Last updated
KBEL
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingTALK 1240
Programming
Format News/Talk
AffiliationsSRN News, Premiere, Citadel Broadcasting, Genesis Radio Network, Radio America, Talk Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Dave Smulyan
  • (KBEL Communications, LLC)
KBEL-FM
History
First air date
January 1, 1952
Call sign meaning
IdaBEL (city of license; shared with FM sister station)
Technical information
Facility ID 14759
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
33°52′54″N94°49′10″W / 33.88167°N 94.81944°W / 33.88167; -94.81944

KBEL (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. [1] Licensed to Idabel, Oklahoma, United States, the station is currently owned by Dave Smulyan, through licensee KBEL Communications, LLC. and features programming from SRN Salem Radio Network, Premiere Networks, Citadel Broadcasting, Genesis Communications, Talk Radio Network, Radio America and several others.

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History

KBEL-AM was launched January 1, 1952 and was the first radio station in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

On June 22, 1999, the station's license, along with that of its sister station KBEL-FM, was assigned by Harold E. Cochran to Box Broadcasting. [2]

The licenses of both KBEL and KBEL-FM were assigned by Box Broadcasting to Rod Liechti's Brute Force Radio, LLC. The transaction was consummated on July 30, 2013 for no consideration. Brute Force Radio sold the stations to Dave Smulyan's KBEL Communications, LLC effective October 9, 2018 for $230,000.

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References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Fall 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  2. "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]