KKBR
| City of license | Billings, Montana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Billings Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | Pop Crush 97.1 |
| Slogan | Today's Hit Music |
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1963 |
| Format | Top 40/CHR |
| ERP | 28,000 watts |
| HAAT | 122 meters (400 ft) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 16774 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Billings License, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | popcrush971.com |
KKBR (97.1 FM) - operating as Pop Crush 97.1 - is a commercial radio station in Billings, Montana. Licensed to Billings, Montana, USA, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media Billings License, LLC. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 100,000 watts. [1]
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Former programming
Notable former personalities on the station on weekdays included:
- Greg from 6AM -10AM
- Jami Bond from 10AM - 3PM,
- John Thomas from 3PM - 7PM
- The Mike Harvey Show from 7PM - 12AM
Notable former personalities on the station on Saturdays included:
- Major Miller's Great Gold 6AM - 12PM
- Mike Harvy's Supergold 7PM -12AM
Notable former personalities on the station on Sundays included:
- Machine Gun Kelly's American Hitlist from 8AM to 11am
Types of music
The radio station previously aired classic hits, focusing on the hits from 1968 to 1988, as "97.1 K-Bear". On July 3, 2013, after stunting with Christmas music as 97.1 Santa FM, the station launched a CHR format as PopCrush 97.1 with a weekend of commercial free music, including a contest to be the first person to call the station at the first commercial break. The first 3 songs as PopCrush 97.1 were Pitbull/Christina Aguilera's Feel This Moment, Justin Timberlake's Mirrors, and Rihanna's Umbrella .
Slogans
- "Billings Greatest Hits for over 20 Years" - 2013
- "Billings Greatest Hits" 2010 - 2013
- "Billings' Hit Music" 2013-present
Ownership
In October 2007, a deal was reached for KKBR-FM to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.[2] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[3]
Previous logo
References
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KKBR
- Radio-Locator information on KKBR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KKBR
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