KBNN (750
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
News Talk Information format. Established in 1973, the station is licensed to
Lebanon, Missouri, United States, and serves the
Springfield, Missouri
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, area. The station is owned by
Alpha Media
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and is licensed to Alpha Media Licensee LLC.
Because it shares the same frequency as
WSB in
Atlanta
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, Georgia, it must shut down at sunset.
History
KJEL signed on October 20, 1973
on 1080 kHz with a format of
middle of the road music
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and news programming under the ownership of Risner Broadcasting.
At the outset, 60 percent of the station's programming was simulcast with
KJEL-FM (103.7), which signed on the same day.
In 1980, the KJEL stations were sold to a group of businesspeople under the name KJEL, Inc. for $375,000.
By 1981, KJEL had affiliated with the
ABC Entertainment Network and changed to a
country music
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format while retaining its news programming, with only 10 percent of its programming bei