KBIJ (99.5 FM) is an American

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to serve the

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. The station is owned by Oralia Cowan, through licensee OMI Oilfield Investments, LLC. It airs a

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

format to the far northern

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History

In December 2004, Todd Deneui applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on March 2, 2005, with a scheduled expiration date of March 2, 2008. In June 2006, permit holder Todd Deneui applied to the FCC to sell the construction permit to Grace Community Church of Amarillo for $95,000. The FCC approved the move on July 31, 2006, and the transaction was formally consummated on August 16, 2006. With new ownership in place, the new station was assigned

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"KRBG" on October 11, 2006. After construction and testing were completed in February 2008, the station was granted its

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on March 10, 2008. On October 1, 2008, the station changed to the current call sign of "KBIJ". Grace Community Church of Amarillo sold the station to Oralia Cowan's OMI Oilfield Investments, LLC for $421,000; the sale was consummated on July 23, 2013.

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