KMPK (96.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format. Licensed to

McPherson, Kansas McPherson () is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 14,082. The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general. It i ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Ad Astra per Aspera Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station was first licensed as KNEX-FM on July 17, 1975. On January 1, 1984, the station changed its

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to KBBE. In April 2022, Davies Communications, which had owned KBBE and sister station KNGL since 1985, announced they would sell the station to Hutchinson-based Ad Astra per Aspera Broadcasting. Upon closing of the sale on May 31, KBBE's

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

format moved to KNGL and its FM translator K255DK (98.9 FM); concurrently, KBBE flipped to adult contemporary as "Mix 96.7". On June 14, KBBE changed call letters to KMPK. Mornings on the station are locally hosted by Tammie Henson, with programming for the remainder of the day coming from

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's "Adult Contemporary" format.https://www.adastraradio.com/ad-astra-radio-acquires-mcpherson-radio-stations-from-davies-communications

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