KBCK | |
City: | Deer Lodge, Montana |
Branding: | The River |
Airdate: | 1964 |
Last Airdate: | April 11, 2022 |
Frequency: | 1400 kHz |
Format: | Defunct (was Classic Country) |
Power: | 1,000 watts |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 670 |
Coordinates: | 46.4144°N -112.7211°W |
Callsign Meaning: | BuCK (previous branding) |
Former Callsigns: | KDRG (1964–2002) |
Owner: | Robert Cummings Toole |
Sister Stations: | KQRV |
KBCK (1400 AM, "The River") was a radio station licensed to serve Deer Lodge, Montana. The station was last owned by Robert Cummings Toole. It last aired a Classic Country music format.[1]
The station was assigned the KBCK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 20, 2002.[2]
Its license was surrendered to the FCC and cancelled on April 11, 2022 following the death of its owner; it had been off the air due to storm damage since August 2021.[3]
In November 2006, Butte Broadcasting reached an agreement with Jimmy Ray Carroll to acquire KBCK as part of a three-station deal worth a reported $500,000.[4]
Robert Cummings Toole immediately reached an agreement to acquire KBCK from Butte Broadcasting for a reported cash price of $100,000.[5]