| City of license | Idabel, Oklahoma |
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| Branding | Real Country Variety |
| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| Format | Country music |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 14758 |
| Callsign meaning | K IdaBEL |
| Former callsigns | KWDG (?-1990) KBEL-FM (1990-2006) DKBEL-FM (2006-2007) |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio,Fox Business Radio,Oklahoma News Network,Agrinet Radio |
| Owner | Box Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | KBEL |
| Website | Official website |
KBEL-FM (96.7 FM, "Real Country Variety") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format.[1] Licensed to Idabel, Oklahoma, USA, the station is currently owned by Box Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from Fox,ONN, Agrinet Radio and Sooner Sports Properties.[2]
KBEL-FM was originally a 1,000 watt mono fm station taking to the airwaves in 1976. Then after a short time at a minimum power the station was granted authority to increase power to 3,000. The Idabel stations were originally sister stations of radio stations in Mount Pleasant, Texas which is about 85 miles south of Idabel, Oklahoma. The station changed its call sign on December 12, 1990, from KWDG then a rock station to KBEL-FM to program country music.[3] On June 22, 1999, then-owner Harold E. Cochran assigned the station's license, along with that of its sister station KBEL, to the current owner, Box Broadcasting.[4]
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