The Better Public Broadcasting Association (BPBA) is a defunct organization launched in 1995 in

Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton is a city in Custer and Washita counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 8,521 at the time of the 2020 census. History The community began in 1899 when two men, J.L. Avant and E.E. Blake, decided to locate a town i ...

, by a group of local radio broadcasters intended to bring some sense of local ownership to the airwaves and disseminate useful and meaningful information to the public, not only in the event of an emergency but on a day by day and hour by hour basis to their service area. The Better Public Broadcasting Association, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Oklahoma in 2006 and participated in the

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broadcasting filing window of 2007 as designated by the

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to start serving small communities with true local radio programming and public service. Following that initial filing window in 2007, BPBA was awarded construction permits for 6 non-commercial educational broadcast facilities; another was purchased in 2009. The organization ''de facto'' dissolved in September 2018, after the

inquired about whether the organization's station in

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, was still on the air, and the organization admitted it had not aired any programming over any of the stations for several years due to health issues with one of its leaders. At that time, the organization's four licenses were returned to the FCC on September 11, which canceled them on September 14.

Current Operation

BPBA owned the following stations: * KLXL 91.9

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* KLXO 90.9

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105.1

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* KTTE 90.1

These stations generally broadcast classic country music under the branding of "Cat Country".

References

KLXL

KLXO

KONZ

External links

BPBA on Facebook
{{Public broadcasting in the United States Public broadcasting in the United States Organizations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Oklahoma Organizations disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Oklahoma Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States