KBNN

Last updated
KBNN
KBNN 750TALK logo.gif
Broadcast area Ozarks
Frequency 750 kHz
Branding750 TALK
Programming
Format News Talk Information
Ownership
Owner
KJPW, KFBD-FM, KOZQ-FM, KJEL, KIIK
History
First air date
October 20, 1973 (1973-10-20) [1]
Former call signs
KJEL (1972–1996)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51093
Class D
Power 5,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
 37°41′11″N92°41′35″W / 37.68639°N 92.69306°W / 37.68639; -92.69306
Links
Public license information
Website myozarksonline.com

KBNN (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Established in 1973, the station is licensed to Lebanon, Missouri, United States, and serves the Springfield, Missouri, area. The station is owned by Alpha Media and is licensed to Alpha Media Licensee LLC.

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Because it shares the same frequency as WSB in Atlanta, it must shut down at sunset.

History

KJEL signed on October 20, 1973 [1] on 1080 kHz with a format of middle of the road music and news programming under the ownership of Risner Broadcasting. [3] At the outset, 60 percent of the station's programming was simulcast with KJEL-FM (103.7), which signed on the same day. [3] In 1980, the KJEL stations were sold to a group of businesspeople under the name KJEL, Inc. for $375,000. [4] By 1981, KJEL had affiliated with the ABC Entertainment Network and changed to a country music format while retaining its news programming, with only 10 percent of its programming being simulcast with KJEL-FM; [5] the following year, the two stations began simulcasting full-time. [6]

Ozark Broadcasting purchased the KJEL stations for $450,000 in 1983; [7] this made the stations part of the Shepherd Group. [1] In 1985, the station moved to 750 kHz. [8] [9] By then, the FM station, which had become KIRK, was programming a country music format separate from KJEL. [10] In 1988, KJEF became an affiliate of the ABC Information Network; the ABC Entertainment Network affiliation moved to KIRK. [11] On December 1, 1996, the call letters were changed to KBNN, [12] and the station took on a talk radio format. [13]

In March 2007, GoodRadio.TV LLC agreed to buy the Shepherd Group's stations, including KBNN, for $30.6 million. [14] In 2013, GoodRadio.TV was merged into Digity, LLC (both companies were controlled by Dean Goodman) as part of Digity's acquisition of NextMedia. [15] Effective February 25, 2016, Digity was acquired by Alpha Media for $264 million. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KBNN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. 1 2 Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 (PDF). 1975. p. C-110. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting . September 1, 1980. p. 38. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1982 (PDF). 1982. p. C-139. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983 (PDF). 1983. pp. C-141–2. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting . May 9, 1983. p. 59. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
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  11. ↑ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-174. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Call Sign History (KBNN)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1998 (PDF). 1998. p. D-257. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  14. ↑ BIA Financial Networks (March 23, 2007). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  15. ↑ Venta, Lance (October 28, 2013). "Digity Acquires NextMedia". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Alpha's $264M Digity Purchase Finally Closes". Inside Radio. February 25, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2017.


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