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Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1967. J.K. Vanier and Jerry Hinrikus (EBC Radio) of Salina, Kansas, bought KABI and its sister FM, KSAJ, in late 1991. Then in January 2004 Morris Communications (MCC Radio) acquired KABI as part of a 6-station group purchase from EBC. Most recently Alpha Media, LLC., bought KABI on September 1, 2015, and, almost immediately, spun it off to Rocking M Media.
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Sunflower Hotel in downtown Abilene. Wyman Schnepp was the original owner and general manager. His wife Willa was its first engineer. Schnepp only had ownership for 4 years before he sold KABI to Norton
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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.
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1228:Kansas
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