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Coordinates: 48°22′13.8″N 115°32′22.6″W / 48.370500°N 115.539611°W / 48.370500; -115.539611
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KLCB
Broadcast areaKootenai Valley
Frequency1230 kHz
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerLincoln County Broadcasters, Inc.
KTNY
History
First air date
December 23, 1950 (1950-12-23)
Last air date
January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01)
Former call signs
  • KLCB (1950–1958)
  • KOLL (1958–1960)
Call sign meaning
Lincoln County Broadcasters
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID37526
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
48°22′13.8″N 115°32′22.6″W / 48.370500°N 115.539611°W / 48.370500; -115.539611
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.klcb-ktny.com

KLCB (1230 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Libby, Montana. The station was owned by Lincoln County Broadcasters. It aired a country music format.[2] KLCB’s studios were co-located with KTNY, at 251 West Cedar St. in Libby. Its transmitter site was the same as KTNY’s, south of town on Spencer Road.

KLCB went on the air in 1950. It became KOLL in 1958 after Lincoln County Broadcasters sold the station; the company retook KOLL in 1960 after not being paid the full purchase price, and restored the KLCB call sign. It, along with KTNY, ceased operations at the start of 2025.

History

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Lincoln County Broadcasters was granted a construction permit for a new station on 1230 kHz in Libby on August 17, 1950. Principals in the company included Oliver G. and Mary Elizabeth Coburn, co-owners of Coburn Electronics; Rogan Jones, president of KVOS in Bellingham and KPQ in Wenatchee, Washington; and James W. Wallace, vice president and general manager of KPQ.[3] The station, assigned the call sign KLCB,[4] signed on December 23, 1950.[5] By 1954, the Coburns shared ownership of the station with William F. and Agnes Hafferman;[6] that April, KLCB became the ninth affiliate of the West Radio network, which also included KSPO in Spokane, Washington; KRLC in Lewiston, Idaho; and KSPT in Sandpoint, Idaho.[7]

In 1957, Lincoln County Broadcasters sold KLCB to Frank Reardon, who had stakes in KBOW in Butte and KGEZ in Kalispell, for $19,000.[8] That May, the station became one of four previously-independent stations approved to join the Mutual Broadcasting System effective June 2, along with KSET in El Paso, Texas; WFOX in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and KRES in St. Joseph, Missouri.[9] KLCB also affiliated with the Keystone Broadcasting System.[10] Reardon sold KLCB to Robert R. Rigler, the station's manager, for $25,000 in 1958;[11] Rigler changed the call sign to KOLL on October 13.[4] Ownership of the station was returned to Lincoln County Broadcasters, which had not received its full purchase price, in 1960;[12] the KLCB call sign returned on March 14.[4] By this point, Oliver G. Coburn—who in the interim had been the owner of KVNA in Flagstaff, Arizona—had an 80.4-percent majority interest in the company;[12] he had become the majority owner after the death of Mary Elizabeth Coburn in 1956.[13] In the early 1960s, KLCB's programming included big bands, symphonies, military marches, a half-hour "Teen Time" rock and roll program, and transcription discs of Radio Nederland programming.[14]

Oliver G. Coburn, William G. Hafferman, and Ambrose G. Measure sold Lincoln County Broadcasters to Frank E. and Georgia M. Krshka, Eileen A. and Frank A. Whetstone, Earl D. Lovick, Albert H. Uithof, J. F. Fennessy Jr., and David W. Robinson for $47,500 in 1966.[15] By this point, KLCB was an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network.[16] By 1975, it was a middle of the road station carrying the ABC Information Network;[17] by 1978, KLCB's playlist was a blend of soft adult contemporary and country music.[18] It was a full-time country station by 1989.[19] An FM sister station, KTNY (101.7), went on the air in 1986.[14][19] In later years, the station was owned by Duane and Peggy Williams;[14] Duane Williams had been the station's general manager since February 1977,[20] while Peggy Williams became the mayor of Libby in 2021.[14]

KLCB and KTNY were closed by Lincoln County Broadcasters on January 1, 2025; their licenses were returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[21] The FCC cancelled KLCB’s license on January 15, 2025.[22]

Programming

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In addition to its usual music programming, KLCB carried national and local news, a swap and shop program, plus Libby Loggers football and men's and women's basketball games.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLCB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. ^ "AM Grants". Broadcasting–Telecasting. August 21, 1950. p. 95.
  4. ^ a b c "KLCB history cards" (PDF). Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  5. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010. 2010. p. D-341.
  6. ^ "Ownership Changes". Broadcasting–Telecasting. October 11, 1954. p. 122.
  7. ^ "KLCB of Libby Joins Network". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 3, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "Ownership Changes". Broadcasting–Telecasting. April 22, 1957. p. 126.
  9. ^ "KRES to Join Mutual Broadcasting Network". St. Joseph Gazette. May 16, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  10. ^ "Keystone Adds 9 Affiliates". Broadcasting–Telecasting. June 3, 1957. p. 57.
  11. ^ "Ownership Changes". Broadcasting. August 25, 1958. p. 100.
  12. ^ a b "Ownership Changes". Broadcasting. January 18, 1960. p. 118.
  13. ^ "Ownership Changes". Broadcasting–Telecasting. January 7, 1957. p. 116.
  14. ^ a b c d Harmon, Jim (July 31, 2023). "Harmon's Histories: Libby radio station launched broadcaster on 50-year career". Missoula Current. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  15. ^ "Ownership changes". Broadcasting. June 13, 1966. p. 82.
  16. ^ 1967 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1967. p. B-97.
  17. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1975. 1975. p. C-114.
  18. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1978. 1978. p. C-131.
  19. ^ a b Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989. 1978. p. B-180.
  20. ^ "Hall Of Fame". Montana Broadcasters Association. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  21. ^ Venta, Lance (January 26, 2025). "FCC Report 1/26: A New Political Era Begins". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  22. ^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
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