KBUL (AM)
City | Billings, Montana |
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Broadcast area | Billings Metropolitan Area |
Frequency | 970 kHz |
Branding | NewsTalk 95.5 |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Billings License, LLC) |
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 |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°44′35″N 108°32′36″W / 45.74306°N 108.54333°WCoordinates: 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 | newstalk955.com |
KBUL (970 AM) is an conservative 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.[1]
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.[2] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[3]
References[]
- ^ "KHMT TV 4 in Billings Montana - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "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
- KBUL in the FCC AM station database
- KBUL on Radio-Locator
- KBUL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Categories:
- Radio stations in Billings, Montana
- News and talk radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1951
- 1951 establishments in Montana
- Townsquare Media radio stations
- Montana radio station stubs