KBRL

For the airport serving Burlington, Iowa assigned the ICAO code KBRL, see Southeast Iowa Regional Airport.

KBRL (1300 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to McCook, Nebraska, United States, the station is currently owned by Armada Media.^[2]

KBRL

McCook, Nebraska
Frequency	1300 kHz
Branding	The BIG Talker
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Armada Media (Armada Media - Mccook, Inc.)
Sister stations	KHAQ, KXNP, KODY, KMTY, KUVR, KADL, KICX, KQHK, KBRL, KFNF, KSTH, KJBL
History
First air date	1946
Former call signs	KSWN (1982–1990)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57516
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day 136 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	40°11′31″N 100°39′6″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.highplainsradio.net/kbrl-1300/

History

The station went on the air on Sept. 26, 1947 as KBRL, a radio station built by Roy Lenwell and William J. Cox.^[3][4] Lenwell retired and sold the station to Edwin S Towell III from Falls City, Nebraska in 1972. The Santee Family purchased the station in January 1977. The station became a country station in 1977 and was sold to Jerry Venable and his bunch from KFNF in September 1981, and changed the call sign to KSWN on 1982-10-11. On 1990-04-03, the station changed its call sign back to the current KBRL.^[5]