KABI (AM)
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Branding | The General 1560 AM 95.9 FM |
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Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Affiliations | Westwood One, Local Radio Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | April 8, 1963 |
Former call signs | KABI (1963–1985) KSAJ (1985–1987) |
Call sign meaning | Kansas ABIlene |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 18054 |
Class | D |
Power | 250 watts daytime 58 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°55′46″N 97°14′46″W / 38.92944°N 97.24611°W |
Translator(s) | 95.9 K240EX (Abilene) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kabiabilene.com |
KABI (1560
Among KABI's most famous radio voices were Pug Phillips and Gary Houser. Pug had a daily radio feature in the late 1960s. While Gary was the most enduring employee, hosting the morning show on-and-off from 1963 until his death in 2014. Veteran radio personality John Anderson is the current Wake Up Call Host.
In the early 1980s, the KABI broadcast studios would move to 2nd and Broadway, into the old Citizens Bank building. Briefly, from 1985 to 1987, KABI changed call letters to KSAJ-AM and simulcast programming with KSAJ-FM. Then, in June 1987 it resumed being KABI with separate programming.
Effective October 1, 2020 Rocking M Media sold KABI, three sister stations, and construction permits for two translators to Meridian Media, LLC for $1,755,917.55. Shortly after that in September 2021 KABI would simulcast its programming once again with a 250-watt FM translator at 95.9 MHZ.