KFBK-FM (93.1 MHz) is a

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licensed to Pollock Pines, California and serving the

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. It

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s KFBK 1530

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. KFBK-AM-FM air a news-

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and are owned by

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. The

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s and offices are on River Park Drive in North Sacramento, near the Arden Fair Mall. KFBK-FM has an

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(ERP) of 20,500

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s. The

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is on Grizzly Flat Road at Mehwald Lane in Sweeneys Crossing, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County. KFBK-FM broadcasts in the

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hybrid format. The HD2 subchannel carries the

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service from

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Programming

iHeart owns three talk stations in the

, KFBK-AM-FM, which air mostly local shows and news blocks on weekdays, and KSTE 650 AM which carries mostly

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shows. Weekdays on KFBK-AM-FM begin with "The KFBK Morning News" with Cristina Mendonsa and Sam Shane, followed by "

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," Tom Sullivan (originally local, now syndicated via

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), John McGinness and "The Afternoon News with Kitty O'Neal." At night, three syndicated shows are heard: "The Pat Walsh Show," "

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with

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" and "

This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal ''This Morning: America's First News'' (formerly ''The Wall Street Journal This Morning'') is a two-hour radio news/talk program hosted by Gordon Deal and Jennifer Kushinka, who replaced long-serving co-host Gina Cervetti on January 2, 2015. In ...

." Limbaugh, syndicated nationally since 1988, was originally a local host on KFBK from 1984 to 1988. Weekends feature shows on money, health, the outdoors, guns, car repair and travel, some of which are paid

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. Some weekday shows are repeated on weekends.

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begins most hours nights and weekends.

History

The station

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the air on August 19, 1976. It originally was licensed to

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as KSUE-FM, broadcasting on 92.7 MHz and powered only at 160 watts, a fraction of its current output. The station was co-owned with AM 1240

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. At first it simulcast the AM station but later switched to its own

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format, playing instrumental

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s of popular songs. On August 12, 1993, the

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was changed to

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with a

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format. In 1988, the station moved to 93.3 MHz, coupled with a giant increase in power, to 100,000 watts. That made it a potential "move-in" station. If it could be moved closer to Sacramento, it would benefit from being in the more lucrative radio market. In the summer of 2008, the station's transmitter was relocated closer to Sacramento, coupled with a change in its city of license to Pollock Pines. On November 11, 2008, Sierra Broadcasting swapped call signs and formats between KHJQ, which had moved from 92.3 FM in Susanville to the 93.3 FM frequency vacated by the station, and KJDX. This brought KJDX back to the 93.3 FM frequency in Susanville. In May 2009, it was announced that new owners Clear Channel Communications (now

) was moving KHJQ's frequency from 93.3 to 93.1 so it wouldn't interfere with the 93.3 frequency in nearby

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. Because of this frequency move, KOSO in Patterson, California (targeting the Modesto area) moved from 93.1 to 92.9 FM on June 1, 2009. On November 1, 2013, KHLX ended its

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format after nearly two years and began playing

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for the holiday season. On December 19, 2013, Clear Channel announced it would switch its KFBK simulcast from 92.5 to 93.1. The call letters of KFBK-FM and KHLX would be flipped after the latter finished its holiday music programming on December 26, with the KFBK news/talk simulcast moving to 93.1, while KHLX took over the 92.5 frequency with a

format.B92.5 Launches In Sacramento Following KFBK-FM Move To 93.1
from Radio Insight (January 10, 2014) KHLX has since switched its call letters to KBEB, first airing country music and now carrying a

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format as "The Breeze."

KFBK-HD2

On February 1, 2011, KHLX added a

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format to its HD2 subchannel. It filled a void left when Smooth Jazz 94.7 KSSJ switched its format and became KKDO.

References

* Radio & Records Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20060707045334/http://www.radioandrecords.com/ (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11) * Mediabase 24/7 Playlist, KGBY-FM: http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/allaccess/ (2, 5, 10, 12) * PAM's Jingles Demo Page: http://jingles.com/jam/radioids/demodl.html (3)

External links

KFBK-FM Website
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