KBEF (104.5 FM, "Real Country 104.5") is a

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broadcasting a

Classic Country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

format. Licensed to Gibsland,

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, United States, the station is currently owned by Minden Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from Local Radio Networks.

History

The

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issued a

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for the station on March 9, 1998, to Northstar Enterprises, Inc. The station was assigned the KBEF

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on May 1, 1998. On September 30, 2000, the permit was assigned by Northstar to the former owners, the Greenwood Acres Baptist Church. The station was granted its license to cover on May 23, 2001. In 2013, Richard Chreene and Marvin Davis purchased KBEF and its sister station

KASO KASO (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Minden, Louisiana, United States, the station serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The station is located in Minden at 410 Lakeshore Drive on ...

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...

from Robert and Mary Whitaker, the previous owners."Turning over the mic at KASO", ''

Minden Press-Herald Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...

'', October 9, 2013 The purchase, at a price of $260,000, was consummated on October 23, 2013.

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