KLEB (AM)

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KLEB
Rajun' Cajun
City of license	Golden Meadow, Louisiana
Broadcast area	Southern Lafourche Parish and Grand Isle, Louisiana
Slogan	The Rajun' Cajun
Frequency	1600 kHz
Format	Swamp Pop,Cajun music,Zydeco
ERP	7,500 watts Daytime directional, 250 watts Nighttime directional
Class	B
Facility ID	8381
Transmitter Coordinates	29°23′43″N 90°16′01″W / 29.39528, -90.26694
Owner	Coastal Broadcasting of Larose Inc.
Sister stations	KANE,KLRZ
Website	KLEB Shared website

KLEB (1600 AM "The Rajun' Cajun") is a 7,500 watt Daytime directional/ 250 watt Nighttime directional radio station in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, broadcasting most of sister station KLRZ FM's programming with the exception of some independent programming in the form of playing traditional cajun music instead of swamp pop during some hours of the week.

[edit] History

KLEB was originally owned in the 1980s by the Harold Callais family of Golden Meadow who also owned the local cable company. During it's life under Callais Cablevision, programming was mainly country music. In the early 1990s, It shared programming with sister station KBAU-FM 94.3 (Later known as 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. Since that time, the station has started to relay more of KLRZ's programming over this station compared to before.