KLEB
KLEB (1600 AM "The Rajun' Cajun") is a 5,000 watt daytime directional/ 250 watt nighttime directional radio station in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, broadcasting a mix of swamp pop and traditional cajun music. In September 2019, it began to simulcast on K274DE 102.7 MHz licensed to Golden Meadow but broadcasting from the KLRZ tower facilities in Larose, Louisiana which allows the station's listening audience to choose between AM or FM.
| City | Golden Meadow, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southern Lafourche Parish and Grand Isle, Louisiana |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| Branding | The Rajun' Cajun |
| Programming | |
| Format | Swamp Pop, Cajun music, Zydeco |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Coastal Broadcasting of Larose Inc. |
| KANE, KLRZ | |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 8381 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 250 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°23′43″N 90°16′01″W |
| Translator(s) | 102.7 K274DE Golden Meadow, Louisiana |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.klrzfm.com/ |
History
KLEB was originally owned by the Egle family of Golden Meadow at its inception on August 16, 1963. One of its owners was Dick Egle, who served as Lafourche Parish president in the 1980s. The Egles also owned FM station KZZQ-Galliano, La., which was automated. In the 1980s, KLEB was owned by the Harold Callais family of Golden Meadow who also owned the local cable company. During its life under Callais Cablevision, programming was mainly country music. In the early 1990s, It shared programming with sister station KBAU-FM 94.3 (later KLEB-FM before being sold in 1995 and becoming WTIX-FM). This station was sold by the family in 1999 to Coastal Broadcasting of Larose who installed a Cajun music format on the station. KLEB simulcasted much of KLRZ's programming until KLRZ changed formats to sports in 2014. Since that time, KLEB has continued broadcasting the "Rajun' Cajun" format.
External links
- KLEB in the FCC's AM station database
- KLEB on Radio-Locator
- KLEB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K274DE in the FCC's FM station database
- K274DE on Radio-Locator