KAFY (1100
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a Spanish-language
Catholic
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format. Licensed to
Bakersfield, California
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Bakersfield's population as of th ...
, United States, the station is owned by El Sembrador Ministries of
Los Angeles
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and is an affiliate of the ESNE (El Sembrador Nueva Evangelización) Network.
History
KAFY signed on in 1946. In the 1960s & 1970s, KAFY was the top-rated rock station in the Bakersfield area, as well as the largest per capita in the country. At that time it was located at 550 AM. KAFY was among the several stations in California using the "
Boss Radio" format, similar to
KHJ in
Los Angeles
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,
KFRC in
San Francisco
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,
KGB
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in
San Diego
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and
KYNO in
Fresno. In a business deal with
Buck Owens, the owner of KUZZ (a country station), the station switched frequencies. On November 9, 2000, the station on 1100 kHz was granted the KAFY call letters.
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Radio stations established in 2000
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