KGBA (1490
kHz) is an
AM radio station licensed to
Heber, California, and serving the
Imperial Valley as well as
Mexicali, Baja California
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,
Mexico. The station is owned by The Voice of International Christian Evangelism, Inc. It airs a
Spanish-language
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Christian radio
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format
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KGBA has an FM counterpart, 100.1
KGBA-FM in
Holtville
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History
The city was founded in the 1880s by Swiss-German settle ...
. It airs an English-language Christian radio format. Both stations depend on listeners sending in donations to support the radio ministries heard on the stations.
History
The station
signed on
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as KICO in 1947.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 79
/ref> It was originally licensed to Calexico and was only powered at 250 watts. KICO was owned by Charles Love, who also served as the General Manager.
It changed its call sign to KGBA in 2007.
References
External links
GBA
Calexico, California
Radio stations established in 1947
1947 establishments in California
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