KBRN (1500 AM) is a radio station licensed to Boerne, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Shan and Baron Wiley, through licensee Bofars Media Group, LLC, and broadcasts a solid gold format.
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| Broadcast area | Boerne and surrounding areas |
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| Frequency | 1500 kHz |
| Branding | KBRN Boerne Radio 103.9 FM and 1500 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1982 |
Former call signs | KNCI (1982–1984) KYCS (1984–1985) DKBRN (2018–2019) |
Call sign meaning | BoeRNe |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51961 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 250 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°48′44″N 98°43′41″W / 29.81222°N 98.72806°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.9 K280GR (Boerne) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | boerneradio |
The station was assigned call sign KNCI on March 22, 1982. On June 15, 1984, the station changed its call sign to KYCS, and on January 1, 1985, it changed to KBRN.[2]
In 1993, KBRN was sold to Paulino Bernal Evangelism. Gerald Benavides acquired it in 2004, selling two years later to Claro Communications, which instituted a Spanish talk format.
In June 2011, an FM repeater (K272EK 102.3 San Antonio) began rebroadcasting the station. In late 2014, the FM and AM went separate ways, and the Spanish talk format ended. In August 2015, KBRN re-launched with Oldies music. On March 1, 2017, KBRN went silent.
On July 28, 2017, the FCC granted approval to modify a construction permit to move an FM translator to a new location in Boerne on 103.9 MHz to relay KBRN. On July 31, 2018, the FCC deemed that the station had been off the air for more than a year and cancelled its license as a result.
On February 1, 2019, the FCC granted the station special temporary authority to continue operating.
On May 22, 2019, the FCC granted approval for KBRN's license to be assigned by Claro Communications to Bonnie Chambers. The assignment was consummated on June 18, 2019, at a purchase price of $100,000. KBRN is also now broadcasting on 103.9 FM with a translator.
Effective February 15, 2022, Chambers sold KBRN and its translator K280GR to Bofars Media Group, LLC for $236,700.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBRN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KBRN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 51961 (KBRN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KBRN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 148337 (K280GR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K280GR at FCCdata.org
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