KBAI

KBAI

Bellingham, Washington
Broadcast area	Whatcom County
Frequency	930 kHz
Branding	98.9 K-Bay
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Westwood One Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Saga Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	KAFE, KGMI, KISM, KPUG
History
First air date	1958 (as KENY)
Former call signs	KENY (1958-1968) KBFW (1968-1999) KIXT (1999-2001)
Technical information
Facility ID	4633
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts day 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	48°47′53″N 122°28′01″W
Translator(s)	98.9 K255DC (Bellingham)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.989kbay.com

KBAI (930 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Bellingham, Washington, the station serves the Whatcom County area. The station is owned by Saga Broadcasting, LLC.

Former syndicated shows

• "The Stephanie Miller Show"
• "The Thom Hartman Show"
• "The Randi Rhodes Show"
• "The Ed Schultz Show"
• "The Alan Colmes Show"
• "The Bill Press Show"
• "Leslie Marshall"
• "Ring of Fire"
• "Free Talk Live"

History

The station call letters became KIXT in 1999, when SAGA Communications Inc. purchased 930 AM from Bellingham Broadcasting Corporation. In 2001, the station call sign was again changed to the current KBAI, first programmed as an easy listening format then flipped to oldies. 930 AM first began broadcasting in 1958 as KENY, a daytime radio station. The call letters were changed to KBFW in 1968 and they remained the same until the sale of the station in 1999. KBFW aired a country music format for 30 years.

On August 1, 2017, KBAI changed their format from progressive talk to classic hits, branded as "98.9 K-Bay" (the FM frequency is for FM translator K255DC Bellingham).

External links

• FCC History Cards for KBAI
• Facility details for Facility ID KBAI ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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• K255DC at FCCdata.org