KEAN-FM

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KEAN-FM

Abilene, Texas
Broadcast area	Abilene, Texas
Frequency	105.1 MHz
Branding	KEAN 105.1
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	KEYJ-FM, KMWX, KSLI, KULL, KYYW
History
First air date	January 1, 1965 (1965-01-01) (as KWKC-FM)
Former call signs	KWKC-FM (1965–1969) KNIT-FM (1969–1978)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54904
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	270 meters (890 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	keanradio.com

KEAN-FM (105.1 MHz) is a radio station that serves the Abilene, Texas, area with country music. Formerly owned by Clear Channel Communications, it was purchased in 2007 by Gap Broadcasting. What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of GapWest Broadcasting) was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[3]

The 105.1 frequency was built in 1964 by Citizens Broadcasting Company, owner of KWKC (1340 AM), and began as KWKC-FM on January 1, 1965. ^[4] The station's antenna was at the studios of co-owned KWKC AM at 2500 Butternut.^[1] The KWKC stations went bankrupt in 1968 and were sold separately; an AM across town (KNIT 1280) acquired the facility and converted it to KNIT-FM. In 1978, KNIT AM/FM became KEAN (KEAN had been used by current station KXYL in Brownwood). KWKC's next owner eventually filed for a new FM on 100.7 that became KORQ.