Broadcast area | Billings Metropolitan Area |
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Frequency | 970 kHz |
Branding | News Talk 103.3FM 970AM |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
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Ownership | |
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KCHH, KCTR-FM, KKBR, KMHK | |
History | |
First air date | November 16, 1951 | (as KOOK)
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Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 16772 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°44′35″N 108°32′36″W / 45.74306°N 108.54333°W |
Translator(s) | 103.3 K277DS (Billings) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | realnewsmontana.com |
KBUL (970 kHz) is an American conservative news/talk AM radio station that broadcasts in the Billings Metro Area of the U.S. state of Montana. The station features the following radio personalities: Dan Bongino, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, and Billings Morning News. KBUL simulcast sister station KCTR-FM until September 2001 and most recently simulcast sister station KCHH until August 2022. [2]
On August 15, 2022, KBUL rebranded as "News Talk 103.3FM 970AM" and split from simulcasting with KCHH] [3]
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. [4] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010. [5]