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{{short description|Bott Radio Network station in Enterprise, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KBMP
| logo             = KBMP-FM logo.png
| logo_size        = 240px
| city             = [[Enterprise, Kansas|Enterprise]], [[Kansas]]
| area             = [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]]/[[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]]/[[Abilene, Kansas|Abilene]]/[[Junction City, Kansas]]
| branding         = ''Bott Radio Network''
| airdate          = [[2002 in radio|2002]]
| frequency        = 90.5 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| format           = [[Religious radio|Religious]]
| erp              = 12,500 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 219.9 meters
| class            = C2
| facility_id      = 91037
| coordinates      = {{coord|39|07|54|N|97|19|59|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Bott Broadcasting Company
| licensee         = Community Broadcasting, Inc.
| sister_stations  = [[KCCV-FM]]
| webcast          = 
| website          = [http://www.bottradionetwork.com/stations/kansas/salina-abilene-junction-city/ KBMP Online]
| affiliations     = [[Bott Radio Network]] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''KBMP''' (90.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "[[Bott Radio Network]]") is a [[non-commercial educational]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Enterprise, Kansas]], United States. The station, established in 2002, is currently owned by the Bott Broadcasting Company and the [[broadcast license]] is held by Community Broadcasting, Inc.

==Programming==
KBMP broadcasts a [[religious radio]] format as part of the [[Bott Radio Network]].<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile |accessdate=May 21, 2009}}</ref> The station features [[Biblical studies|Bible teaching]] plus programming from several [[Christianity|Christian]] news and information sources.

==History==
This station received its original [[construction permit]] for a new FM station broadcasting at 90.5 [[MHz]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on March 15, [[1999 in radio|1999]].<ref name="fccp">{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=270397 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPED-19980625MC) |date=March 15, 1999}}</ref>  The new station was assigned the call letters '''KBMP''' by the FCC on April 30, 1999.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=91037&Callsign=KBMP |title=Call Sign History |accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref>

In May 1999, Solid Rock Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the permit for this still-under construction station to the [[American Family Association]].  The deal was approved by the FCC on July 13, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on August 17, 1999.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAPED-19990514EA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=285138 |date=August 17, 1999}}</ref>

In August 2001, KBMP applied for a main studio waiver allowing the station to be operated and programmed from outside the station's coverage area.<ref name="msw">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BSTA-20010820ABA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=579637 |date=October 31, 2002}}</ref> On October 31, 2002, the FCC granted this authority to the station.<ref name="msw"/>  KBMP also received its [[broadcast license|license to cover]] from the FCC on October 31, 2002.<ref name="flic">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=606727 |title=Application Search Details (BLED-20020306ABB) |date=October 31, 2002}}</ref> The station was an affiliate of [[American Family Radio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afr.net/newafr/stationlist/stationlist.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308063103/http://www.afr.net/newafr/stationlist/stationlist.pdf|title=American Family Radio Network |publisher=American Family Radio |date=January 6, 2003|archive-date=March 8, 2003 |accessdate=June 29, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In August 2005, the American Family Association reached an agreement to sell this station to the [[Bott Radio Network]] through their Community Broadcasting, Inc., subsidiary as part of a two-station deal valued at $30,000.<ref>Carnegie, Jim. "[https://www.rbr.com/epaper/issue187-05-fld.html Transactions]", ''Radio Business Report''. Volume 22, Issue 187. September 23, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2019.</ref> The deal was approved by the FCC on November 8, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on January 26, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALED-20050817ADC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1096095 |date=January 26, 2006}}</ref>

==Construction permit==
In September 2007, KBMP applied to the FCC for authorization to upgrade to [[List of North American broadcast station classes#FM classes|Class C1]] and increase its [[effective radiated power]] to 100,000 [[watt]]s.<ref name="cpe3">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPED-20070907ACC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1233571 |date=November 4, 2008}}</ref> The FCC granted a [[construction permit]] for the changes on November 4, 2008.<ref name="cpe3"/> The permit expired on November 4, 2011.<ref name="cpe3"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bottradionetwork.com/stations/kansas/salina-abilene-junction-city/ KBMP official website]
{{FM station data|91037|KBMP}}

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