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KBRU is a commercial radio station located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, broadcasting to the Oklahoma City area on 94.7 FM. KBRU airs an active rock format branded as "94.7 The Brew". Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., its transmitter is located in Northeast Oklahoma City, and studios are located at the 50 Penn Place building on the Northwest side. ==History== The station was originally licensed as KOCY-FM as early as 1948 and also had the call letters KEFM. An interesting note about KEFM is that the owner at the time, Williams TV moved the station from its city of license without proper authority from the FCC and consequently lost the license. The station began broadcasting as KEBC (K Electronic Broadcasting Company) in 1967. For years, the slogan of the station was "Keep Every Body Country". The station started life in humble studios in E Moore, OK/ SE OKC consisting of a house with a shaky 150-foot tower next to it with antennas that arced regularly when humidity was in the air. Remote studios were also established at the Diamond Ballroom allowing KEBC to broadcast numerous famous country artists live on the air. Studios were then moved to Tyler/WeedandKiller's Ad agency facilities at 31st and S. Western. After Ralph Tyler bought out other interests of KEBC except for those of Ronnie Tutor, the transmitter site was moved to a much better tower that offered decent coverage at about 350 feet and basically established KEBC on its way to becoming an Oklahoma institution in country radio. After enjoying many years of success, KEBC suffered major setbacks when KXXY changed to country and started a very successful and aggressive prize campaign in the early '80s. Tyler sold the station and it was sold many times until it became property of Clear Channel. The station began its first run as an alternative rock station in July 1996 and it was known as "95X" with the call letters KNRX (K New Rock 95X). The station began its signoff with two days of repeating the song "A Change would do you good" by Sheryl Crow, before switching overnight to a middle of the road soft format on November 21, 1997 and changed calls to KQSR (K Quiet Soft Rock). The station returned to alt-rock on July 8, 2002 The station stunted with a buzzing noise played over the soft rock songs and notified listeners that their "technicians were working to get 'the Buzz' out." KQSR changed their call letters to KHBZ-FM to go with the "Buzz" branding. On January 11, 2008 at 5 pm the station began stunting with all-Metallica, with the announcer saying: "KHBZ-FM Oklahoma City. What's the buzz? Find out Monday morning at 10." At that time, The Buzz returned with a newly tweaked modern rock playlist at 10 am kicking it off with AC/DC's ''Back In Black''. More classic rock tunes would be added by 2009. However, the station was still described on the alternative rock panel by Radio & Records/Nielsen BDS, even though they played alternative rock artists not friendly on the active rock chart. By the spring of 2009, KHBZ adopted Clear Channel's Premium Choice active rock format, becoming musically identical outside of morning drive to sister stations KIOC in Beaumont, Texas and WHRL in Albany, New York. The alternative rock format would return to OKC on KINB in November 2009, and would replace KHBZ as a competitor to existing active rock station KATT. KINB has since dropped alternative rock, and after KINB's format flip, left Oklahoma City without a radio station broadcasting alternative rock. On December 29, 2009, at 10 am Lex and Terry were cut off and 94.7 The Buzz died, and 94.7 The Brew was born, playing mainly '80s-based rock. http://www.947thebrew.com on January 18, 2010 KHBZ-FM changed the call letters to KBRU. In March 2010, The Brew discontinued The Buzz's tradition of its annual March Bandness competition for local artists. The Buzz had been the oldest terrestrial-radio station with such a contest, and second oldest overall. On August 8, 2012 KBRU added back in '90s and early 2000s Rock which was similar to what "The Buzz" played before they flipped. 94.7 The Brew changed their slogan from Classic Rocks Next Generation to 94.7 The Brew ROCKS! The Buzz had the same slogan right before they changed the format from active rock to classic rock. Sometime in 2012 they started playing a mix of Classic and New Rock, and sometime after 107.7 KRXO flipped formats they flipped back to all Classic Rock to compete with 96.9 BOB FM. On March 20, 2015 KBRU shifted back to Active Rock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KBRU」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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