KNEB to host Chamber Business After Hours Thursday for 65th Anniversary

In 1948, KNEB-AM went on the air as a daytime only station, operating on 500 watts.  Today, KNEB-AM is on the air 24 hours a day with a daytime pattern of 5,000 watts.  KNEB-FM went on the air in 1960.

The first owner of KNEB was Platte Valley Broadcasting, a group comprised of Russ Stewart, Byron Joachim and John R. Jirdon.

In 1969, Scotts Bluff Broadcasting Corporation purchased KNEB. Principle owners included George Haskell, Wayne McIntosh and Les Proctor.  Proctor was one of the original employees in 1948 and continues today as KNEB's Chief Engineer.

Fred and Gladys Seaton purchased the station a decade later.  Then, in 1984, they sold KNEB to it's current owners, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association.  The NRR, based in Lexington, is a farmer and rancher owned corporation whose mission is to serve agriculture and rural Nebraska.

Today, KNEB operates as a full service radio station, with 16 full time employees.  The station also maintains a very popular, award winning website, kneb.com, and recently launched a stream only station, the Beet.

To commemorate our 65th Anniversary, KNEB is hosting a Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event at the Gering Civic Center beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 3rd.

"We hope all Chamber members will come and help us celebrate." said KNEB  Sales Manager Kendra Feather.  "It will be a time to say hello to our veteran staff as well as meeting some of our new employees.  We'll have door prizes for those who attend."