KFBK (AM)
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| City of license | Sacramento, California |
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| Broadcast area | Sacramento, California |
| Branding | FM NewsTalk 92.5 and 1530 AM |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Frequency | 1530 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | February 2, 1922 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 10145 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°50′54.00″N 121°28′58.00″W / 38.84833°N 121.48278°W |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (AMFM Broadcast Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KFBK-FM, KHLX KHYL, KQJK, KSTE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kfbk.com |
KFBK (1530 AM, "NewsTalk 1530") is a radio station in Sacramento, California broadcasting on a frequency of 1530 kHz. KFBK is a class A clear channel station, formerly designated as a class "I-B" station, sharing 1530 with WCKY in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
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[edit] History
KFBK's history reaches back to station KVQ (first license issued: February 2, 1922), which shut down later that year after listener complaints about interference. KVQ's facilities were sold to the Kimball-Upson Music Store and the Sacramento Union newspaper.[1]
Later, Kimball-Upson sold out to The McClatchy Company, a local, family-owned company which not only owned the Sacramento Bee newspaper, but other media outlets in the California Central Valley.
At one time, Sacramento market TV station KOVR 13 was also owned by McClatchy, along with newspapers and broadcast outlets throughout Central California. Because of its signal strength and location KFBK was for many decades the chief method by which Central Valley farmers obtained weather, prices and other vital farming information.
[edit] Recent years
In the 1980s, KFBK employed Morton Downey, Jr. as a local midday host; after Downey's departure, Rush Limbaugh replaced him at the station. Limbaugh first rose to prominence in this position in Sacramento before becoming nationally syndicated in 1988.[2] Limbaugh's national program still airs on KFBK in the same time slot where he hosted locally.
Limbaugh's local replacement after leaving KFBK, Tom Sullivan has also taken his program into national syndication, after taking an anchor position at the new cable TV business channel Fox Business Network. Like Limbaugh, Sullivan's national show (syndicated via Fox News Radio)[3], continues to air on KFBK in its former local time slot.
A number of other KFBK alumni have come to national media prominence. Former KFBK news reporter/anchor Laura Ingle is a featured reporter on Fox News Channel. Former KFBK reporter and weekend anchor Todd Starnes hosts commentaries for Fox News Radio, and former KFBK evening host Spencer Hughes airs a weekday program Fox Across America on Fox News Radio's satellite radio channel.
KFBK began simulcasting on the FM dial in Sacramento on December 1, 2011 at 92.5 FM, the former home of KGBY.
[edit] Prominent hosts and programs
- The KFBK Morning News with Amy Lewis and Ed Crane (local)
- The Rush Limbaugh Show (local 1984-1988, syndicated since 1988)
- Tom Sullivan (originally local, now syndicated via Fox News Radio)
- The KFBK Afternoon News with Kitty O'Neal (local)
- Coast to Coast AM (syndicated)
- The Mutual Fund Show with Adam Bold (syndicated)
- Dean Edell (syndicated, weekend)
- Brokered programming (weekends)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KFBK official website
- KFBK history at The Broadcast Archive
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KFBK
- Radio-Locator Information on KFBK
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KFBK
- Live web broadcast (only available in .wma format)
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