KBES (89.5 FM) is a

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Assyrian radio station broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Central Valley area. The station is owned by Bet Nahrain, Inc., alongside the

KBSV KBSV (channel 23) is a non-commercial independent television station in Ceres, California, United States, broadcasting Assyrian programming to the Ceres and Modesto area since 1996. It is owned by Bet-Nahrain, Inc. alongside radio station KBES ...

radio station.

History

KBES was first founded in 1979 and had its first broadcast on September 2nd of that year. The station was founded by

Sargon Dadesho Sargon Dadesho (, ; born September 18, 1948, in Habbaniyah, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American author, broadcaster, activist, and nationalist leader of Assyrian ethnicity. Based in Ceres, California, Dadesho has had an extensive career in Assyrian po ...

the owner of Bet-Nahrain, Inc., who stated that the channel was unique in providing non-commercial, educational programming to the Assyrian community in Ceres. Dadesho also stated that KBES would be the first Assyrian radio station in the whole world. The station had a construction permit dated back to 1977 and received a license to cover the area of Ceres later in January 1978. The station would cover primarily Assyrian related topics and

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References

External links

* ( Guide to reading History Cards)
Official website
{{Modesto Radio

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