KXLB

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KXLB

| logo = KXLB logo.PNG

| city = Churchill, Montana

| area = Bozeman, Montana

| branding = XL Country 100.7

| airdate = 2000

| frequency = 100.7 MHz

| format = Country

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = 248 meters (814 feet)

| class = C1

| facility_id = 30566

| coordinates = {{coord|45|40|24|N|110|52|02|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KYLO (1999–2000)

| owner = Townsquare Media

| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC

| sister_stations = KISN, KMMS, KMMS-FM, KPRK, KZMY

| webcast = [https://xlcountry.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://xlcountry.com/ xlcountry.com]

| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KXLB (100.7 FM, "XL Country 100.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Churchill, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and the broadcast license is held by Townsquare License, LLC.

All Townsquare Media Bozeman studios are located at 125 West Mendenhall Street, downtown Bozeman. KXLB, KMMS-FM, KZMY, and KISN all share a transmitter site on Green Mountain, east of Bozeman.

Programming

KXLB airs a country music format to the greater Bozeman, Montana, area.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }}

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on May 8, 1998.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-19931216MF) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=193109 |date=May 8, 1998}} In January 1999, permit holder Jann Holter Bernsten applied to transfer the construction permit to Marathon Media of Montana, LP. The transfer was approved by the FCC on May 27, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on August 2, 1999.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAPH-19990125K1) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=280385 |date=August 2, 1999}}

The new station was assigned call sign KYLO by the FCC on December 28, 1999.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=30566&Callsign=KXLB |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=August 17, 2009}} This call sign was changed to KXLB on January 26, 2000. KXLB received its license to cover from the FCC on January 4, 2001.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLH-20000906AHE) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=523468 |date=January 4, 2001}}

In late-December 2000, Marathon Media Group, LLC, announced an agreement to sell KXLB to Clear Channel Communications subsidiary Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., as part of a multi-station transaction. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 21, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20001227AAO) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=553005 |date=February 21, 2001}}

In October 2007, Clear Channel Communications applied to the FCC to sell this station along with 56 sister stations in 13 markets across the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region to Colorado-based GapWest Broadcasting.{{cite news |last=Richardson |first=Dave |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |title=GAPWEST closes deal for Bozeman radio stations; Goodbye Clear Channel, Hello GAPWEST |url=http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2008/02/15/news/30radio.txt |date=2008-02-15}} The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included six Bozeman stations, seven in Missoula and five in Billings. Other stations in the deal are located in Shelby, Montana, and in Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming, plus Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho, and Yakima, Washington. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 5, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on February 13, 2008.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20071018AFH) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1211839 |date=February 13, 2008}} GapWest was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.{{cite news|title=Townsquare Media completes roll-up of GAP|url=http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/26710.html|access-date=August 15, 2010|newspaper=Radio Business Report|date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121043217/http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/26710.html|archive-date=January 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}