KBRL

KBRL
City McCook, Nebraska
Branding The BIG Talker
Frequency 1300 kHz
First air date 1946
Format News/Talk
Power 5,000 watts day
136 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 57516
Transmitter coordinates 40°11′31″N 100°39′6″W / 40.19194°N 100.65167°W / 40.19194; -100.65167Coordinates: 40°11′31″N 100°39′6″W / 40.19194°N 100.65167°W / 40.19194; -100.65167
Former callsigns KSWN (1982-1990)
Affiliations ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks
Owner Armada Media
(Armada Media - Mccook, Inc.)
Sister stations KHAQ, KXNP, KODY, KMTY, KUVR, KADL, KICX, KQHK, KBRL, KFNF, KSTH, KJBL
Website www.highplainsradio.net/kbrl-1300/

KBRL (1300 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to McCook, Nebraska, United States, the station is currently owned by Armada Media.[1]

History

The station went on the air on Sept. 26, 1947 as KBRL, a radio station built by Roy Lenwell. Lenwell retired and sold the station to Edwin S Towell III from Falls City, NE in 1972. The Santee Family purchased the station in January 1977. The station became a country station in 1977 and was sold to Jerry Venable and his bunch from KFNF in September 1981, and changed the calls to KSWN on 1982-10-11. On 1990-04-03, the station changed its call sign back to the current KBRL.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "KBRL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KBRL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

Source for on air date Broadcasting Yearbook 1961 http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1961-62/Section%20B%202%20Radio%20%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201961-1962-10.pdf


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