KMHK (103.7 FM) is a commercial

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. KMHK recently switched to a

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branded as “The New 103.7 The Hawk”. Licensed to

, United States, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare License, LLC.

Ownership

In October 2007, a deal was reached for KBBB to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from

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as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million. What eventually became

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was folded into

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on August 13, 2010.

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