KBEK

KBEK (95.5 FM) is a radio station licensed in Mora, Minnesota, and serving all of east-central Minnesota. The station is owned by Genesis Technology Communication LLC. It airs an eclectic mix of music with specialty shows every night of the week, all hosted by personalities who live in the station's broadcast area.

KBEK
CityBroadcast: Mora, Minnesota Studio: Braham, Minnesota
Broadcast areaEast-central Minnesota; Northwest Wisconsin
Frequency95.5 MHz
BrandingKBEK 95.5 FM
Slogan"The Voice of East Central Minnesota" "Live and Local"
Programming
FormatOldies/Variety
AffiliationsMNN, MFN
Ownership
OwnerGenesis Technology Communication LLC
History
First air dateMay 12, 1995
Technical information
Facility ID31613
ClassC3
ERP25,000 watts
HAAT100 meters (328 feet)
Transmitter coordinates45°44′33″N 93°22′48″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekbek.com

The station was assigned the KBEK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 20, 1989, and was granted its License to Cover on May 22, 1995. It was formerly licensed to John Godfrey, Colleen McKinney's late husband, who died of cancer in 2004.

Due to economic factors, KBEK went up for sale in September 2011.[1] It originally announced that it would close on September 30, 2011[1] (which was subsequently pushed to December 31, 2011) before McKinney announced on December 22 that KBEK had been sold and will remain on the air.[2]

KBEK went off the air April 1, 2014.[3]

KBEK turned its transmitter back on October 26, 2014 and resumed regular broadcasting shortly there after.[4] McKinney sold KBEK to Genesis Technology Communication LLC effective December 1, 2017 at a price of $200,000.

References
  1. Wicklund, Alica (September 30, 2011). "KBEK unveils why they remain open, through December". The Pine City Pioneer. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  2. "Minnesota's Oldies KBEK (95.5) lives on". Radio-Info.com. December 22, 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  3. http://www.presspubs.com/kanabec/article_c53a7476-c0dd-11e3-9c95-0019bb2963f4.html
  4. http://brettlarson.us/2015/02/22/kbek-the-little-radio-station-that-could/


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