KBUL (AM)
Appearance
Broadcast area | Billings Metropolitan Area |
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Frequency | 970 kHz |
Branding | NewsTalk 95.5 |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1951 (as KOOK) |
Former call signs | KOOK KBIT (1985-1988) KCTR (1988-1994) KDWG (1994-1998) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 16772 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°44′35″N 108°32′36″W / 45.74306°N 108.54333°W |
Repeater(s) | KCHH 95.5 FM (Worden) K236AB 95.1 (Billings) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | http://newstalk955.com |
KBUL (970 AM, "News Radio 970 AM") is an American talk radio station that broadcasts in the Billings Metro Area of the U.S. state of Montana. The station features the following radio personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and Billings Morning News. KBUL AM was simulcasting sister station KCTR-FM until September 2001.
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.[1] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[2]
References
- ^ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. June 19, 2006.
- ^ "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.
External links
- KBUL official website
- Facility details for Facility ID KBUL ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KBUL