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KBEF (104.5 FM, "Real Country 104.5") is a
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broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Gibsland,
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, United States, the station is currently owned by Minden Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from
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History

The
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issued a
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for the station on March 9, 1998, to Northstar Enterprises, Inc. The station was assigned the KBEF
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on May 1, 1998. On September 30, 2000, the permit was assigned by Northstar to the former owners, the Greenwood Acres Baptist Church. The station was granted its license to cover on May 23, 2001. In 2013, Richard Chreene and Marvin Davis purchased KBEF and its sister station
KASO KASO (1240 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Minden, Louisiana, United States, the station serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. For decades, it was owned by Harold Ray "Boe" ...
in
Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the largest town in population between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district () of Minden-Lübbecke, situated in the cultural region ...
from Robert and Mary Whitaker, the previous owners."Turning over the mic at KASO", ''
Minden Press-Herald Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the largest town in population between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district () of Minden-Lübbecke, situated in the cultural region ...
'', October 9, 2013
The purchase, at a price of $260,000, was consummated on October 23, 2013.


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