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KBRH

January 31, 2023

KBRH (1260 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rhythm and blues format in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and run by students at Baton Rouge Magnet High School alongside WBRH (90.3 FM).

KBRH
Broadcast areaGreater Baton Rouge
Frequency1260 kHz
Programming
FormatRhythm and blues
Ownership
Owner
WBRH
History
First air date
February 16, 1953 (1953-02-16)
Former call signs
  • WXOK (1953–1966)
  • WAIL (1966–1979)
  • WTKL (1979–1993)
Call sign meaning
Baton Rouge High
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID18184
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 127 watts (night)
HAAT62.3 m (204 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
30°27′38″N 91°14′37″W / 30.46056°N 91.24361°W / 30.46056; -91.24361Coordinates: 30°27′38″N 91°14′37″W / 30.46056°N 91.24361°W / 30.46056; -91.24361
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wbrh.org

Baton Rouge High has owned and operated this station since 1993, when it returned to the air after a silence of several years and the killing of its owner, who had been working to put it back into service following a bankruptcy. It had originally been established as WXOK in 1953; it became WAIL in 1966, as part of a frequency trade that moved WXOK to its present location at 1460 kHz, and WTKL in 1979.

History

WXOK

On November 6, 1951, Jules J. Paglin and Stanley W. Ray, Jr., a partnership doing business as the Capital City Broadcasting Company, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to construct a new, daytime-only radio station on 1260 kHz in Baton Rouge.[1] Paglin and Ray were already in business as the owners of WBOK in New Orleans.[2] They hoped for the call sign WAOK, to match WBOK and new acquisition KAOK in Lake Charles.[3]

The FCC granted a construction permit on September 18, 1952,[1] and the station began broadcasting as WXOK on February 16, 1953; studios were at Third and Convention streets, while the transmitter was located 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Port Allen.[4] The station, like the other Paglin-Ray outlets, adopted a music-intensive format with a heavy focus on country and Black music.[5] With the award of the Baton Rouge station, Paglin and Ray began branding their station chain as the OK Group.[6]

WAIL on 1260

In 1965, radio stations WXOK and WAIL (1460 AM) agreed to a trade of facilities, equipment, and studios. The trade consisted of parallel acquisitions in which the OK Group purchased the 1460 physical plant—which could broadcast at night—for $650,000, while WAIL—owned by Ralph L. Burge of Merchants Broadcasters—purchased the 1260 facilities for $113,000.[7] The exchange took effect January 11, 1966, at which time WXOK's programming moved to 1460.[8] Later that year, studios moved to the Republic Tower.[1]

Burge, who also hosted mornings on the station as "Breakfast with Burge" until late 1973, died on May 24, 1974; he had been the only owner of WAIL since its establishment on 1460 kHz in 1957.[9]

WTKL

Angie Burge, Ralph's widow, sold WAIL in late 1978 to majority owner Victor Brown, a New Orleans physician, and Louis Bathen of Baton Rouge, together doing business as Venture Broadcasting. When the deal took effect in February 1979, the station was retooled as WTKL "Tickle" with a "contemporary beautiful music" format promising "no Bach, no rock", but everything in between.[10][11]

The station continued to operate with much the same format and ownership for several years, but its finances began to decline in the late 1980s. In July 1986, WTKL filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reverting from urban contemporary music to a similar easy listening mix. A sale to another party was floated but never came to fruition.[12] As part of a 1987 reorganization plan, Leader Group, a company owned by Bathen, offered to buy the station for $500,000. It took over management of the station on behalf of a court-appointed trustee, but Leader was never able to put together financing to carry out the purchase. In 1989, the case was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation at the motion of the Internal Revenue Service; the station had more than $627,000 in debts versus $25,000 in assets.[13] In 1990, the sale to Leader was completed; the firm paid $10,000 as well as agreements to pay $134,000 in debt owed to Premier Bank, Angie Burge (who leased the studio and transmitter), and Satellite Music Network, which provided its music programming; by this time, it was also operating on a 24-hour basis.[14]

Between 1990 and 1992, WTKL went off the air, but by early 1992, Bathen was leading efforts to return it to service; new studios were being set up on Ted Dunham Avenue. On the night of April 30, 1992, Bathen's mother noted that he did not return home after making a night deposit at a bank. The next day, she and a friend of Bathen's entered the building to find him dead and lying on the floor, having suffered multiple stab wounds.[15] A 21-year-old man was arrested and indicted in the case,[16] which proceeded to trial. It emerged that Bathen had met the man at a Baton Rouge gay bar; the two were seen together several times in April 1992. The two men went back to the station office—which was without electricity—to pick up paperwork; according to his defense attorney, after using the bathroom, he encountered Bathen, who pressured him into unconsensual anal sex; his attorney argued that the killing—in which Bathen was stabbed 32 times—was in self-defense.[17] After one hour of deliberations, the jury acquitted the man.[18]

KBRH

Bathen's death left the silent station in legal limbo, as he was the sole officer of the licensee; Bathen's mother, his only heir, died soon after. The FCC rejected a filing made by Richard Preis, the other shareholder in Leader Group, to keep the station silent because he was not an officer of the licensee. A district court appointed a temporary receiver in March 1993 in order to preserve the station's assets.[19] Preis then donated the equipment to his alma mater, Baton Rouge High School, and Premier Bank wrote off $750,000 in loan debt to permit the high school to take possession of the property; this made the school reputedly the only one in the world with AM and FM stations, as it already owned WBRH (90.3 FM).[20][21]

Later in 1993, the newly renamed KBRH began broadcasting under Baton Rouge High School ownership and with students performing staff duties. Its format initially consisted of a talk format dominated by nationally syndicated talk shows.[22] This was dropped in 1995 to air classic R&B music.[23] Power was increased from 1,000 to 5,000 watts in 1999.[24] WBRH and KBRH began streaming in 2016.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c FCC History Cards for KBRH
  2. ^ "Application Is Filed For BR Radio Station". State Times. November 15, 1951. p. 7-B. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  3. ^ Wilson, Frank (November 18, 1951). "Dialing with Wilson". Morning Advocate. p. Magazine 23. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  4. ^ "Talks By Kennon, Mayors to Launch New Radio Station". Morning Advocate. February 18, 1953. p. 11-A. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  5. ^ Rivers, Bill (October 10, 1954). "WXOK: Backbeat Boogie and Barnyard Bop". Morning Advocate. pp. Magazine 3, 11. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  6. ^ "Three New Grants" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 22, 1952. p. 102. (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Radio Stations Sell Equipment To Each Other". State-Times. October 30, 1965. p. 10-A. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  8. ^ "BR Radio Stations Broadcasting on New Frequencies". State-Times. January 11, 1966. p. 5-A. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  9. ^ "WAIL Radio Chief Burge Dies at 50". State Times Advocate. May 24, 1974. pp. 1-A, 8-A. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  10. ^ "Radio Station WAIL Purchased, Will Be Re-Named WTKL". Morning Advocate. February 1, 1979. p. 4-A. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  11. ^ "Owners Announce New AM Station Broadcasting Now". Morning Advocate. February 20, 1979. p. 13-C. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  12. ^ Ross, Sean (September 19, 1986). "Baton Rouge: After the Big Shuffle" (PDF). Radio & Records. pp. 66–67. (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  13. ^ Lamb, Bobby (May 10, 1989). "WTKL being liquidated". The Advocate. p. 6B. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via GenealogyBank.
  14. ^ "Bankrupt radio station WTKL sold to manager's group". State Times. May 1, 1990. p. 3-B.
  15. ^ Wheeler, Steve (May 2, 1992). "Radio station owner slain". The Advocate. p. 1-B.
  16. ^ Talley, Tim (July 9, 1992). "Man indicted in killing at WTKL". The Advocate. p. 13-A.
  17. ^ Talley, Tim (January 27, 1993). "Trial in stabbing death of WTKL manager opens here". The Advocate. p. 8-A.
  18. ^ Talley, Tim (January 29, 1993). "Jury acquits man in stabbing death". The Advocate. p. 1-B.
  19. ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 19, 1993. p. 8. (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  20. ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. June 25, 1993. p. 8. (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  21. ^ Dunne, Mike (September 2, 1993). "BR High going AM, FM". The Advocate. p. 13-A.
  22. ^ "Talk radio changes are in air". The Advocate. January 28, 1994. p. Fun 7.
  23. ^ Anders, Smiley (July 24, 1995). "Whole lotta soul". The Advocate. p. 1-B.
  24. ^ "Radio station's birthday". The Advocate. February 26, 1999. p. 2BX.
  25. ^ Wirt, John (September 22, 2017). "Tuned in: WBRH-FM celebrates 40 years in Baton Rouge". The Advocate.

External links

  • KBRH in the FCC AM station database
  • KBRH on Radio-Locator
  • KBRH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

January 31, 2023
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KBRH 1260 AM is a radio station broadcasting a classic rhythm and blues format in Baton Rouge Louisiana United States The station is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and run by students at Baton Rouge Magnet High School alongside WBRH 90 3 FM KBRHBaton Rouge LouisianaUnited StatesBroadcast areaGreater Baton RougeFrequency1260 kHzProgrammingFormatRhythm and bluesOwnershipOwnerEast Baton Rouge Parish School System East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Sister stationsWBRHHistoryFirst air dateFebruary 16 1953 1953 02 16 Former call signsWXOK 1953 1966 WAIL 1966 1979 WTKL 1979 1993 Call sign meaningBaton Rouge HighTechnical informationLicensing authorityFCCFacility ID18184ClassDPower5 000 watts day 127 watts night HAAT62 3 m 204 ft Transmitter coordinates30 27 38 N 91 14 37 W 30 46056 N 91 24361 W 30 46056 91 24361 Coordinates 30 27 38 N 91 14 37 W 30 46056 N 91 24361 W 30 46056 91 24361LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen liveWebsitewww wbr wbrh wbr orgBaton Rouge High has owned and operated this station since 1993 when it returned to the air after a silence of several years and the killing of its owner who had been working to put it back into service following a bankruptcy It had originally been established as WXOK in 1953 it became WAIL in 1966 as part of a frequency trade that moved WXOK to its present location at 1460 kHz and WTKL in 1979 Contents 1 History 1 1 WXOK 1 2 WAIL on 1260 1 3 WTKL 1 4 KBRH 2 References 3 External linksHistory EditWXOK Edit On November 6 1951 Jules J Paglin and Stanley W Ray Jr a partnership doing business as the Capital City Broadcasting Company applied to the Federal Communications Commission FCC for authority to construct a new daytime only radio station on 1260 kHz in Baton Rouge 1 Paglin and Ray were already in business as the owners of WBOK in New Orleans 2 They hoped for the call sign WAOK to match WBOK and new acquisition KAOK in Lake Charles 3 The FCC granted a construction permit on September 18 1952 1 and the station began broadcasting as WXOK on February 16 1953 studios were at Third and Convention streets while the transmitter was located 4 mi 6 4 km west of Port Allen 4 The station like the other Paglin Ray outlets adopted a music intensive format with a heavy focus on country and Black music 5 With the award of the Baton Rouge station Paglin and Ray began branding their station chain as the OK Group 6 WAIL on 1260 Edit In 1965 radio stations WXOK and WAIL 1460 AM agreed to a trade of facilities equipment and studios The trade consisted of parallel acquisitions in which the OK Group purchased the 1460 physical plant which could broadcast at night for 650 000 while WAIL owned by Ralph L Burge of Merchants Broadcasters purchased the 1260 facilities for 113 000 7 The exchange took effect January 11 1966 at which time WXOK s programming moved to 1460 8 Later that year studios moved to the Republic Tower 1 Burge who also hosted mornings on the station as Breakfast with Burge until late 1973 died on May 24 1974 he had been the only owner of WAIL since its establishment on 1460 kHz in 1957 9 WTKL Edit Angie Burge Ralph s widow sold WAIL in late 1978 to majority owner Victor Brown a New Orleans physician and Louis Bathen of Baton Rouge together doing business as Venture Broadcasting When the deal took effect in February 1979 the station was retooled as WTKL Tickle with a contemporary beautiful music format promising no Bach no rock but everything in between 10 11 The station continued to operate with much the same format and ownership for several years but its finances began to decline in the late 1980s In July 1986 WTKL filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reverting from urban contemporary music to a similar easy listening mix A sale to another party was floated but never came to fruition 12 As part of a 1987 reorganization plan Leader Group a company owned by Bathen offered to buy the station for 500 000 It took over management of the station on behalf of a court appointed trustee but Leader was never able to put together financing to carry out the purchase In 1989 the case was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation at the motion of the Internal Revenue Service the station had more than 627 000 in debts versus 25 000 in assets 13 In 1990 the sale to Leader was completed the firm paid 10 000 as well as agreements to pay 134 000 in debt owed to Premier Bank Angie Burge who leased the studio and transmitter and Satellite Music Network which provided its music programming by this time it was also operating on a 24 hour basis 14 Between 1990 and 1992 WTKL went off the air but by early 1992 Bathen was leading efforts to return it to service new studios were being set up on Ted Dunham Avenue On the night of April 30 1992 Bathen s mother noted that he did not return home after making a night deposit at a bank The next day she and a friend of Bathen s entered the building to find him dead and lying on the floor having suffered multiple stab wounds 15 A 21 year old man was arrested and indicted in the case 16 which proceeded to trial It emerged that Bathen had met the man at a Baton Rouge gay bar the two were seen together several times in April 1992 The two men went back to the station office which was without electricity to pick up paperwork according to his defense attorney after using the bathroom he encountered Bathen who pressured him into unconsensual anal sex his attorney argued that the killing in which Bathen was stabbed 32 times was in self defense 17 After one hour of deliberations the jury acquitted the man 18 KBRH Edit Bathen s death left the silent station in legal limbo as he was the sole officer of the licensee Bathen s mother his only heir died soon after The FCC rejected a filing made by Richard Preis the other shareholder in Leader Group to keep the station silent because he was not an officer of the licensee A district court appointed a temporary receiver in March 1993 in order to preserve the station s assets 19 Preis then donated the equipment to his alma mater Baton Rouge High School and Premier Bank wrote off 750 000 in loan debt to permit the high school to take possession of the property this made the school reputedly the only one in the world with AM and FM stations as it already owned WBRH 90 3 FM 20 21 Later in 1993 the newly renamed KBRH began broadcasting under Baton Rouge High School ownership and with students performing staff duties Its format initially consisted of a talk format dominated by nationally syndicated talk shows 22 This was dropped in 1995 to air classic R amp B music 23 Power was increased from 1 000 to 5 000 watts in 1999 24 WBRH and KBRH began streaming in 2016 25 References Edit a b c FCC History Cards for KBRH Application Is Filed For BR Radio Station State Times November 15 1951 p 7 B Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Wilson Frank November 18 1951 Dialing with Wilson Morning Advocate p Magazine 23 Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Talks By Kennon Mayors to Launch New Radio Station Morning Advocate February 18 1953 p 11 A Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Rivers Bill October 10 1954 WXOK Backbeat Boogie and Barnyard Bop Morning Advocate pp Magazine 3 11 Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Three New Grants PDF Broadcasting September 22 1952 p 102 Archived PDF from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved October 16 2022 via World Radio History Radio Stations Sell Equipment To Each Other State Times October 30 1965 p 10 A Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank BR Radio Stations Broadcasting on New Frequencies State Times January 11 1966 p 5 A Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank WAIL Radio Chief Burge Dies at 50 State Times Advocate May 24 1974 pp 1 A 8 A Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Radio Station WAIL Purchased Will Be Re Named WTKL Morning Advocate February 1 1979 p 4 A Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Owners Announce New AM Station Broadcasting Now Morning Advocate February 20 1979 p 13 C Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Ross Sean September 19 1986 Baton Rouge After the Big Shuffle PDF Radio amp Records pp 66 67 Archived PDF from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via World Radio History Lamb Bobby May 10 1989 WTKL being liquidated The Advocate p 6B Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via GenealogyBank Bankrupt radio station WTKL sold to manager s group State Times May 1 1990 p 3 B Wheeler Steve May 2 1992 Radio station owner slain The Advocate p 1 B Talley Tim July 9 1992 Man indicted in killing at WTKL The Advocate p 13 A Talley Tim January 27 1993 Trial in stabbing death of WTKL manager opens here The Advocate p 8 A Talley Tim January 29 1993 Jury acquits man in stabbing death The Advocate p 1 B Transactions PDF Radio amp Records March 19 1993 p 8 Archived PDF from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via World Radio History Transactions PDF Radio amp Records June 25 1993 p 8 Archived PDF from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved September 22 2022 via World Radio History Dunne Mike September 2 1993 BR High going AM FM The Advocate p 13 A Talk radio changes are in air The Advocate January 28 1994 p Fun 7 Anders Smiley July 24 1995 Whole lotta soul The Advocate p 1 B Radio station s birthday The Advocate February 26 1999 p 2BX Wirt John September 22 2017 Tuned in WBRH FM celebrates 40 years in Baton Rouge The Advocate External links EditKBRH in the FCC AM station database KBRH on Radio Locator KBRH in Nielsen Audio s AM station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KBRH amp oldid 1116472819, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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