Launched on January 1, 1979.KPEL 96.5 is Acadiana's News/Talk station. Tune in for local news on weekday mornings and afternoons, local news updates every 15 minutes, wall-to-wall talk from the best nationally-syndicated hosts, and count on hourly updates from FOX News with the latest in national and international news. Awarded as 2014 Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Large Market Station of the Year categories.