KBUL (AM)

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KBUL
Broadcast area Billings Metropolitan Area
Frequency 970 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 103.3FM 970AM
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KCHH, KCTR-FM, KKBR, KMHK
History
First air date
November 16, 1951 (1951-11-16) (as KOOK)
Former call signs
  • KOOK (1951–1985)
  • KBIT (1985–1988)
  • KCTR (1988–1994)
  • KDWG (1994–1998)
Technical information
Facility ID 16772
Class B
Power 5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 45°44′35″N108°32′36″W / 45.74306°N 108.54333°W / 45.74306; -108.54333
Translator(s) 103.3 K277DS (Billings)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website realnewsmontana.com

KBUL (970 kHz) is an American conservative news/talk AM radio station that broadcasts in the Billings Metro Area of the U.S. state of Montana. The station features the following radio personalities: Dan Bongino, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory , and Billings Morning News. KBUL simulcast sister station KCTR-FM until September 2001 and most recently simulcast sister station KCHH until August 2022. [1]

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On August 15, 2022, KBUL rebranded as "News Talk 103.3FM 970AM" and split from simulcasting with KCHH] [2]

Ownership

In October 2007, a deal was reached for KBUL to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million. [3] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "KHMT TV 4 in Billings Montana - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ↑ KBUL on the Move Radioinsight - August 12, 2022
  3. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. June 19, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP". Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2010.


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