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KMBY (AM)
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KMBY (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Monterey, California and serving the Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz areas. The station is owned by Hanford Youth Services Inc and broadcasts a classic hits format. It simulcasts via FM Translator K240EV on 95.9 MHz.
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History
[edit]The station went on the air in 1935 as KDON. It moved from 1210 to 1240 kHz in 1941 when NARBA took effect.[1]
Saul Levine's Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc.,[3] bought KNRY from IHR Educational Broadcasting in December 2013. The format was changed to jazz in early January 2014.[4] In May 2014, KNRY dropped the jazz format and began stunting, first with a simulcast of Los Angeles classical station KMZT ("K-Mozart") and then with a loop of 25 alternative rock songs. On June 9, KNRY-FM (K294CA) became alternative rock "Alt 106.7". KNRY simulcast KMZT-FM.
On March 30, 2015, KNRY changed their format from a simulcast of classical-formatted KMZT-FM to adult standards, branded as "K-SURF 1240".[5] The syndication was also heard on KKGO's HD2 subchannel in Los Angeles.
In April 2020, KNRY went silent.[6] In October 2020, Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters transferred the station to Hanford Youth Services Inc but retained the callsign and studio equipment.[7] The donation was consummated on December 7, 2020.
Hanford Youth Services relaunched the station as oldies-formatted KNBI—branded KMBY, using the call sign associated with this station between 1949 and 1978—in December 2020. The transfer required Hanford Youth Services to close its low-power FM station in Hanford, KOAD-LP, as a group cannot own a full-service and a low-power FM radio station at the same time.[8] The KMBY call sign formally returned on April 20, 2022.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "History Cards for KMBY". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KMBY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Home". mountwilsoninc.com.
- ^ "KMBY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ KNRY Flips to Adult Standards
- ^ Six Stations Cease Operations This Week Due To Coronavirus Impacts Radioinsight - April 19, 2020
- ^ "Station Sales Week of 10/9".
- ^ "LMS #129334 — Cancellation — KOAD-LP". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. December 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "Call Sign History (KMBY)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 35276 (KMBY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KMBY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 200420 (K240EV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K240EV at FCCdata.org
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