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KBEL-FM

Idabel, Oklahoma
Frequency	96.7 MHz
Branding	KBEL 96.7 FM
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Oklahoma News Network
Ownership
Owner	Dave Smulyan (KBEL Communications, LLC)
Sister stations	KBEL
History
First air date	1974 (as KWDG)
Former call signs	KWDG (1974–1990) KBEL-FM (1990–Present)
Call sign meaning	K IdaBEL (city of license; shared with AM sister station)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	14758
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	91 meters (299 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°52′54″N 94°49′10″W / 33.88167°N 94.81944°W / 33.88167; -94.81944
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official website

KBEL-FM (96.7 FM, is a terrestrial American radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Idabel, Oklahoma, United States, the station is currently owned by Dave Smulyan through licensee KBEL Communications, LLC and features programming from Westwood One and the Oklahoma News Network.

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

1. "Facility Technical Data for KBEL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
3. "KBEL-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
4. "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
5. "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

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