KBUL (AM)

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.

KBUL
CityBillings, Montana
Broadcast areaBillings Metropolitan Area
Frequency970 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 95.5
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerTownsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Billings License, LLC)
History
First air date1951 (as KOOK)
Former call signsKOOK
KBIT (1985-1988)
KCTR (1988-1994)
KDWG (1994-1998)
Technical information
Facility ID16772
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates45°44′35″N 108°32′36″W
Repeater(s)KCHH 95.5 FM (Worden)
K236AB 95.1 (Billings)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitehttp://newstalk955.com

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]

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gollark: Well, a fancy asynchronous version.
gollark: ABR has that too.
gollark: It can also deploy bees, perform marriages in 102 countries, do arbitrary code execution, print fortunes, and bother people remotely.

References
  1. "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. June 19, 2006.
  2. "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.


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