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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox Radio station
| name = KKDD
| name = KKDD
| image = [[Image:Radio Disney logo.PNG]]
| image =
| city = [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]]
| city = [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]]
| area = [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]-<br>[[San Bernardino, California]]
| area = [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]-<br>[[San Bernardino, California]]
| branding = ''AM 1290 Radio Disney''
| branding = ''1290 Double KD''
| slogan =
| slogan = ''Southern California's Kidz Place''
| airdate =
| airdate =
| frequency = 1290 [[kHz]]
| frequency = 1290 [[kHz]]
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| class = B
| class = B
| facility_id = 10134
| facility_id = 10134
| coordinates = {{coord|34|7|27.00|N|117|14|14.00|W|region:GB_type:city}}
| coordinates = {{coord|34|7|27.00|N|117|14|14.00|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KMEN, KMRZ
| former_callsigns = KMEN, KMRZ
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| webcast =
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.radio.disney.go.com go.com]
| website = [http://www.radio.disney.go.com go.com]
| affiliations = [[Radio Disney]]
| affiliations = [[Radio Disney]]<br>[[PBS Kids Sprout]]<br>[[Nick Jr.]]<br>[[TeenNick]]<br>[[HBO Family]]<br>[[Cartoonito]]
}}
}}


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'''KKDD''' is a commercial-free [[radio station]] located in [[San Bernardino, California]], broadcasting to the [[Inland Empire (California)|San Bernardino-Riverside Metropolitan Area]] on 1290 [[AM Broadcasting|AM]]. Owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], KKDD airs [[children's music]] programming [[broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|syndicated]] by [[Radio Disney]] along with audio simulcasts of programming from [[PBS Kids Sprout]], [[Noggin TV]], [[The N]], [[HBO Family]] and [[Cartoonito]]. The format consists of [[music]], family movies, live preschool events and other entertainment popular among children and preteens.

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'''KKDD''' is a commercial [[radio station]] located in [[San Bernardino, California]], broadcasting to the [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]-San Bernardino area on 1290 [[AM Broadcasting|AM]]. Owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], KKDD airs [[children's music]] programming [[broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|syndicated]] by [[Radio Disney]]. The format consists of [[music]] and other entertainment popular among children and preteens.


==History==
==History==
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The radio station was hugely popular playing [[top 40]] music in the 1960s as [[KMEN]], ''K/men 129'', and battled crosstown rival [[KFXM (AM)]] (590) for ratings. KMEN continued to have some success into the 1970s, but the Riverside-San Bernardino radio market was slowly outgrowing KMEN's direction signal. Eventually, KMEN acquired an FM station, KGGI, and continued the battle with KFXM there, ultimately winning. A number of radio personalities, who were later heard in [[San Diego]] and [[Los Angeles]], were featured on KMEN. These include, but are not limited to, Johnny Darin, Huckleberry Chuck Clemens (great grandson of famed author [[Mark Twain]])<ref>Durkee, Rob. ''American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century''. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999, p.47. Accessed December 10, 2007.</ref>, William F. Williams, Jim Mitchell, Harry Scarborough, Bruce Chandler, Mark Denis, Dave Sebastian, Gene Lane and Ben e. "Keep on Truckin" McCoy. Before it joined Radio Disney in 2001, this AM outlet (still as KMEN) played a variety of formats, including [[adult standards]], [[oldies]] and [[talk radio|talk]]. When the [[Oakland Raiders]] played in Los Angeles, KMEN was the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]] affiliate.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
This broadcasting venue first went on-the-air in 1947 with the call letters of
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K-I-T-O on 1290 Kilocycles and the studios, offices and transmitter were housed inside a modest-sized residential-style building surrounded by a cow pasture in northeast San Bernardino. From 1947 through 1962, '''KITO''' broadcast a variety of old network-oriented programs along with varied music formats including the playing of country-and-western, and popular recordings. With the purchase of the station by Colgreene Corporation, on March 10, 1962, the call letters were changed to K-M-E-N, the programming format changed to Top 40 and under the direction of Ron Jacobs (company Vice President) and Bill Watson (local program director), the radio station was hugely popular playing the hit-making sounds of the 1960s as ''K/men 129'', and battled cross-town rival [[KFXM (AM)]] (590) for ratings. A number of radio personalities, who were later heard in [[San Diego]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Sacramento]] and elsewhere, were featured on '''KMEN'''. These include, but are not limited to, Johnny Darin, Huckleberry Chuck Clemens (great grandson of famed author [[Mark Twain]])<ref>Durkee, Rob. ''American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century''. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999, p.47. Accessed December 10, 2007.</ref>, William F. Williams, Mark Denis, Jim Mitchell, Harry Scarborough, Bruce Chandler, Buddy Scott, Dusty Morgan, Mark Ford, Dave Sebastian, Gene Lane, Ben e. McCoy, Jim Quinn and Ken Stevens. Before it joined Radio Disney in 2001, this AM outlet (still as KMEN) played a variety of formats, including [[adult standards]], [[oldies]] and [[talk radio|talk]]. When the [[Oakland Raiders]] played in Los Angeles, KMEN was the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]] affiliate.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} In 1997, upon change of ownership, the station's call letters were changed to '''KMRB''' (later KMRZ) with an adult contemporary music format.


On March 10, 2008, KMEN returned as an internet-only station on website "www.kmen129.com.", established by former program director Harley Davidson.
On March 10, 2008, KMEN returned as an internet only station as [[www.kmen129.com]].


==Reference==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External link==
==External links==
*{{AMQ|KKDD}}
{{AM station data|KKDD}}

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{{Riverside Radio}}
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{{Clear Channel Communications}}


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{{San Bernardino Radio}}
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{{Clear Channel}}
{{Radio Disney}}
{{Radio Disney}}


[[Category:Disney radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations in California|KDD]]
[[Category:Radio stations in California|KDD]]
[[Category:Clear Channel radio stations]]
[[Category:Clear Channel radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1947]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1947]]
[[Category:Media in San Bernardino, California]]

Revision as of 02:59, 30 November 2009

KKDD
Broadcast areaRiverside-
San Bernardino, California
Frequency1290 kHz
Branding1290 Double KD
Programming
FormatChildren's Radio
AffiliationsRadio Disney
PBS Kids Sprout
Nick Jr.
TeenNick
HBO Family
Cartoonito
Ownership
OwnerClear Channel Communications
KDIF, KGGI, KMYT, KTDD, KTMQ
History
Former call signs
KMEN, KMRZ
Technical information
Facility ID10134
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°7′27.00″N 117°14′14.00″W / 34.1241667°N 117.2372222°W / 34.1241667; -117.2372222
Links
Websitego.com

KKDD is a commercial-free radio station located in San Bernardino, California, broadcasting to the San Bernardino-Riverside Metropolitan Area on 1290 AM. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, KKDD airs children's music programming syndicated by Radio Disney along with audio simulcasts of programming from PBS Kids Sprout, Noggin TV, The N, HBO Family and Cartoonito. The format consists of music, family movies, live preschool events and other entertainment popular among children and preteens.

History

The radio station was hugely popular playing top 40 music in the 1960s as KMEN, K/men 129, and battled crosstown rival KFXM (AM) (590) for ratings. KMEN continued to have some success into the 1970s, but the Riverside-San Bernardino radio market was slowly outgrowing KMEN's direction signal. Eventually, KMEN acquired an FM station, KGGI, and continued the battle with KFXM there, ultimately winning. A number of radio personalities, who were later heard in San Diego and Los Angeles, were featured on KMEN. These include, but are not limited to, Johnny Darin, Huckleberry Chuck Clemens (great grandson of famed author Mark Twain)[1], William F. Williams, Jim Mitchell, Harry Scarborough, Bruce Chandler, Mark Denis, Dave Sebastian, Gene Lane and Ben e. "Keep on Truckin" McCoy. Before it joined Radio Disney in 2001, this AM outlet (still as KMEN) played a variety of formats, including adult standards, oldies and talk. When the Oakland Raiders played in Los Angeles, KMEN was the Inland Empire affiliate.[citation needed]

On March 10, 2008, KMEN returned as an internet only station as www.kmen129.com.

References

  1. ^ Durkee, Rob. American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999, p.47. Accessed December 10, 2007.

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