KCMB (104.7 FM) is a

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licensed to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by the Elkhorn Media Group and the

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is held by KCMB, LLC.

Programming

KCMB broadcasts a

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format that includes some programming from Citadel Media.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on April 28, 1986. The new station was assigned the KCMB

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by the FCC on October 3, 1986. After multiple extensions, KCMB received its license to cover from the FCC on January 10, 1989. In December 1989, Clare Marie Ferguson-Capps reached an agreement to transfer the license for this station to Oregon Trail Radio, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 1, 1990. Effective August 28, 2012, Capps sold the station to KCMB, LLC for $1.25 million.

References

External links

KCMB official website
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