Licensed to North Fort Riley, Kansas, United States, it serves the Salina-Manhattan area.
It is currently owned by Manhattan Broadcasting Co., Inc.[2] KBLS went on the air January 1, 1993 from studios at 2nd and Broadway in downtown Abilene.
Following the morning show, the station switched to the Jones Radio Network via satellite for the rest of the day.
For its first three months, KBLS operated as an LMA (Lease Management Agreement) between EBC, Inc. (owned by J. K. Vanier and Jerry Hinrikus of Salina, KS) and Steckline Communications of Wichita.
[4] Alpha then sold the stations to Rocking M Media, which spun off KBLS to Manhattan Broadcasting in 2016.