KUBJ (89.7 FM) is a

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to serve

Brenham, Texas Brenham ( ) is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, United States, with a population of 17,369 according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Washington County is known as the "Birthplace of Texas, ...

, United States. It is owned by and simulcasts

KSBJ KSBJ is a non-commercial Contemporary Christian music radio station based in Humble, Texas, broadcasting on 89.3 MHz FM in the Greater Houston area. KSBJ is owned and operated by Hope Media Group (formerly KSBJ Educational Foundation). KS ...

in the Houston area.

History

The

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received the original

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for this station from the

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on September 26,

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. The new station was assigned the

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KBEX by the FCC on October 10, 2005. Prior to the sign on of this station, KBEX had been used as a common stock call sign for fictional TV and radio stations in film, radio and television productions. In December 2006, the American Family Association reached an agreement to sell KBEX to the

Educational Media Foundation Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest ...

as part of an 18-station deal valued at a total of $2.5 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 7, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on March 23, 2007. Less than one month later, in April 2007, the Educational Media Foundation, reached an agreement to sell KBEX to the KSBJ Educational Foundation. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 1, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on December 12, 2007. KUBJ received its license to cover from the FCC on September 18, 2008. On September 19, 2008, the call sign was changed to the current KUBJ. On July 2, 2012,

switched KUBJ, along the three other facilities, from the main KSBJ

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format to their secondary "NGEN Radio" programming, after purchasing then 96.9 KNTE in El Campo from Liberman Broadcasting. The Brenham transmitter later switched back to the main KSBJ programming.

References

External links

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