KXBL

KXBL-FM
City Henryetta, Oklahoma
Broadcast area Tulsa
Branding "Big Country 99.5"
Slogan Classic Country
Frequency 99.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Format Classic country
Power 100,000 watts
HAAT 299 meters (981 ft)
Class C1
Transmitter coordinates 35°50′02″N 96°07′28″W / 35.83389°N 96.12444°W / 35.83389; -96.12444
Former callsigns KGCG
KDLB
KQMJ
KSTM
KCKI
Owner E. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
Sister stations KHTT KVOO-FM KBEZ KFAQ
Website

KXBL is a classic country radio station known as "Big Country 99.5" ("Big Country" was a slogan 1170 KFAQ used during its country music heyday). Located in Henryetta, Oklahoma, it broadcasts to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area on 99.5 FM. The station is owned by E.W. Scripps Company. Its studios are located in Midtown Tulsa and shares a transmitter with television station KTPX-TV in Mounds, Oklahoma.

KBXL broadcasts in the HD hybrid format.[1]

History

In the 1970s & 1980's, the station was known as KGCG "The Green Country Giant" then later as KDLB "Double Barrel Country" (both as country stations). It later went dark, then came back on the air in 1985 as "Magic 99" (KQMJ) until 1991. After that, it became "99.5 The Storm" with calls KSTM. KSTM flipped to country in March 1993 and changed calls to KCKI as "Kick99". It changed calls in 2001 to KXBL and became "99.5 The Bull". In 2003, KXBL became a classic country station as "Big Country 99.5" its current format.

Journal Communications (KXBL's former owner) and The E.W. Scripps Company (owner of NBC's local affiliate KJRH-TV) announced on July 30, 2014 that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that will own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KXBL. The transaction was completed in 2015, with shareholder and regulatory approvals.[2]

On June 26, 2018, parent company E.W. Scripps announced that it would sell KXBL - along with its sister stations, KBEZ, KFAQ, KHTT, and KVOO to Griffin Communications.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=64 HD Radio Guide for Tulsa
  2. ↑ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Scripps Sells Tulsa Cluster To Griffin Communications - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-06-25.


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