KWBB (104.5 FM) is an American

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to serve the

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Upton, Wyoming Upton is a town in Weston County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 898 at the 2020 census. The slogan of the town is: "The best town on earth". Geography Upton is located at (44.103354, –104.625943). According to the United States ...

. The station, established in 2009, is currently owned by Robert D. Breck, Jr., through licensee Breck Media Group Wyoming, Inc.

Programming

KWBB previously broadcast an

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music

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History

The station received its original

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from the

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on June 28,

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, and was assigned the call sign KRUG by the FCC on October 30, 2006. The station, still under construction, flipped its

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to KHAD on April 2, 2009, in a swap with a

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Mills, Wyoming Mills is a town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,034 at the 2020 census, up from 3,461 at the 2010 census. Geography Mills is located at (42.84 ...

, now known as

KZQL KZQL (105.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "KOOL 105.5") is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Mills, Wyoming, United States. The station, which began licensed broadcasting in 2008, is owned by Robert D. Breck, Jr., through licensee Breck ...

. In May 2009, White Park Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell KHAD to The Casper Radio Group, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 5, 2009, and the transaction was consummated the same day. KHAD received its license to cover from the FCC on June 8, 2009. Originally, the call sign KHAD had been assigned to an AM station in De Soto, Missouri, in 1968. This station closed in the late 1990s. On January 13, 2023, the station fell silent due to icing on the antenna array damaging parts of the transmitter. The station requested additional time to remain silent while parts were ordered for the transmitter. On August 14, 2023, the station flipped its call sign to the present KWBB, and began a

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of jockless classic hits music, interrupted only by a legal ID twice per hour. Effective September 22, 2023, Casper Radio Group sold KWBB to Breck Media Group Wyoming, Inc. for $85,000. The classic hits stunt lasted until the start of October, when the station launched an adult hits format under the

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