KASO (1240 AM) is an American

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broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to

Minden, Louisiana Minden is a small city in and the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 11,928. The Main Street district of Minden ...

, United States, the station serves the

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. For decades, it was owned by Harold Ray "Boe" Cook and Manoah Shadrach "Digger" O'Dell Jr. The two assumed management of KASO in 1961 and 1962, respectively, having come to Minden from

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. O'Dell also served four terms on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body akin to the

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in other states. The two were active in community affairs, and O'Dell himself was an accomplished golfer. The station for years stressed local news and offered regular community commentary under the title "Memories of Minden." In 2013, Richard Chreene and Marvin Davis purchased KASO and sister station KBEF from Robert and Mary Whitaker, the previous owners."Turning over the mic at KASO", '' Minden Press-Herald'', October 9, 2013 The transaction, at a price of $260,000, was consummated on October 23, 2013.

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