KBBO (1390 AM) is a

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licensed to

Yakima, Washington Yakima ( or ) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, and the state's 11th-largest city by population. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The unin ...

, United States; the station serves the Yakima area. It carries a

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format. The station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group.

History

With a power of 250 watts, the station signed on the air in 1947 as KYAK at 1400 kHz. To increase power to 1000 watts day and 500 at night, the station reduced its frequency to 1390 kHz. In 1957, adopting a rock n' roll format and under the ownership of Warren Durham and Bill Shela, the station changed its call letters from KYAK to KLOQ. In 1963, KLOQ was sold and the call letters were changed to KBBO A religious format was adopted. In 2012, after New Northwest Broadcasters went into receivership, its stations in Washington were sold to James Ingstad of

Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...

. On August 29, 2013, KBBO and its talk format moved from 980 AM to 1390 AM, swapping frequencies with classic country-formatted

KTCR KTCR (980 AM "Kruzn 106.9 KTCR") is a radio station licensed to Selah, Washington. Owned by Stephens Media Group, it broadcasts an oldies format. History The station went on air as KUTI in 1955. In 1983 KUTI changed its city of license from ...

. On February 25, 2015, KBBO changed their format to sports, branded as "1390 The Fan". On September 23, 2015, AllAccess.com reported that Ingstad has asked the

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to allow the station to go silent due to "transmitter failure." In April 2018, Ingstad Radio sold 14 of its stations in Yakima and the Tri-Cities to Stephens Media Group.

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