KBEF (104.5 FM, "Real Country 104.5") is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format.[1] Licensed to Gibsland, Louisiana, United States, the station is currently owned by Minden Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from Local Radio Networks.[2]
History
The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on March 9, 1998, to Northstar Enterprises, Inc.[3] The station was assigned the KBEF call sign on May 1, 1998.[4] On September 30, 2000, the permit was assigned by Northstar to the former owners, the Greenwood Acres Baptist Church.[5] The station was granted its license to cover on May 23, 2001.[6]
In 2013, Richard Chreene and Marvin Davis purchased KBEF and its sister station KASO in Minden from Robert and Mary Whitaker, the previous owners.[7] The purchase, at a price of $260,000, was consummated on October 23, 2013.
References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "KBEF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ "Turning over the mic at KASO", Minden Press-Herald, October 9, 2013
External links
- KBEF in the FCC FM station database
- KBEF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database