KBDN
{{for|the airport in Bend, Oregon, assigned ICAO code KBDN|Bend Municipal Airport}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KBDN
| logo = KBDN-FM logo.png
| city = Bandon, Oregon
| area = Bandon-Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon
| branding = Real Country 96.5
| frequency = 96.5 MHz
| airdate = 1996
| format = Country
| erp = 1,500 watts
| haat = 395 meters (1296 feet)
| class = C3
| facility_id = 13875
| coordinates = {{coord|42|57|27|N|124|16|13|W}}
| callsign_meaning = BanDoN
| former_callsigns = KAJT (1/13/95-3/10/95, CP)
| affiliations = Citadel Media
| owner = Bicoastal Media
| licensee = Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC
| sister_stations = KBBR, KJMX, KOOS, KSHR-FM, KTEE, KWRO
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.kbdn.com}}
| website = [http://www.kbdn.com/ kbdn.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KBDN (96.5 FM, "Real Country 96.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Bandon, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media and the broadcast license is held by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC.
Programming
KBDN broadcasts a country music format featuring the satellite-delivered "Real Country" format from Citadel Media.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}} In addition to its usual music programming, KBDN airs news updates from CNN Radio.
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on November 17, 1994.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-19930930ME) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=190476 |date=November 17, 1994}} The new station was assigned the call letters KAJT by the FCC on January 13, 1995.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13875&Callsign=KBDN |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} This was short-lived the station was assigned the current KBDN call letters on March 10, 1995. After a modification and one extension, KBDN received its license to cover from the FCC on January 24, 1997.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=234786 |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19961025KE) |date=January 24, 1997}}
In April 2003, Coquille River Broadcasters, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station and three others to Bicoastal Media through their Bicoastal CB, LLC, subsidiary for a total sale price of $1.5 million.{{cite news |date=May 5, 2003 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/149119-Changing_Hands.php |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 2003-05-05}} The four-station deal was approved by the FCC on August 22, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on October 16, 2003.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=678073 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20030430AAS) |date=October 16, 2003}} At the time of the sale, KBDN broadcast a classic rock music format branded as "B96".
As part of an internal corporate re-organization by the Bicoastal Media parent company, Bicoastal CB, LLC, applied in October 2007 to transfer the broadcast license for KBDN to Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC. The transfer was approved by the FCC on October 29, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20071016ABW) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1199750 |date=October 29, 2007}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.kbdn.com/ KBDN official website]
{{FM station data|13875|KBDN}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Oregon}}
Category:Country radio stations in the United States