KDBH-FM (97.5 FM, "Country Legends 97.5") is an American

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broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves

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and surrounding areas from a studio located in Natchitoches. The station is owned by Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Inc. The station broadcasts using the

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Classic Country format.

History

KNOC-FM went on the air in 1965. It broadcast with 3,000 watts at 97.7 MHz and was owned by the Natchitoches Broadcasting Company. The station became KDBH-FM on October 1, 1971. In 2001, the station was approved for a power increase to 25,000 watts, with a frequency change to 97.3 MHz. It stayed until an agreement was made with

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, to downgrade coverage once again to a class A station with 6,000 watts and move to 97.5 MHz, to allow for the positioning of station KQHN FM on 97.3 MHz in the

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radio market; KQHN had been ordered in January 2005 to relocate from 107.9 MHz due to interference to navigational equipment at

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. In 2015, KDBH-FM returned to an upgraded Class C3 facility on 97.5. On May 1, 2017, KDBH-FM changed its format to classic country, branded as "Country Legends 97.5".

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