KBRD

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KBRD
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Broadcast area Olympia, Washington
Frequency 680 kHz
Programming
Format Nostalgia
Ownership
OwnerBJ & Skip's For the Music
History
First air date
March 7, 1994;29 years ago (1994-03-07)
Former call signs
KNTE (1994–1994)
KLDY (1994–1995)
Call sign meaning
K-Bird (named after Skip's cockatoo B.J.)
Technical information
Facility ID 26893
Class D
Power 250 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates
 47°3′44.00″N122°49′49.00″W / 47.0622222°N 122.8302778°W / 47.0622222; -122.8302778
Translator(s) 101.1 K266BM (Olympia)
Links
Webcast Listen live (The website's player does not give the titles being played. If one inserts the URL of the webcast in Winamp that info and the audio is available.)
Website kbrd.org

KBRD (680 kHz) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Nostalgia radio format. It is licensed to Lacey, Washington, and serves the Olympia area. It is owned by the BJ & Skip's for the Music foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, so donations are tax deductible. KBRD is dedicated to the preservation of the music of the first half of the 20th century.

Contents

KBRD is a daytimer station, powered at 250 watts. [1] Because 680 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KNBR San Francisco, to avoid interference, KBRD can only broadcast from sunrise to sunset. [2] But it is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator K266BM at 101.1 MHz in Olympia. [3]

History

The station signed on the air on March 7, 1994;29 years ago. The original call sign was KNTE. On October 7, 1994, the station changed its call letters to KLDY. Then on February 17, 1995, it switched to the current KBRD. [4]

Larry "Skip" Morrow owned an FM radio station but was interested in also owning an AM station. When he purchased the construction permit for KBRD, he didn't have enough radio equipment to go on the air. He was also interested in securing the KBRD call sign. When the station was ready to sign on, the call letters belonged to someone else, so the station began as KLDY. When the KBRD call sign became available, Morrow transferred the KLDY call letters to his Classical music AM station at 1280, clearing the way for 680 KBRD. [5]

KBRD was named for BJ, Morrow's Moluccan cockatoo, whom he described as the "music director". If BJ danced to the music, it was put on KBRD's playlist. Morrow ran both KBRD and his FM radio station from his living room. Ten years after KBRD went on the air, Morrow died of cancer. Before his death, he transferred ownership of the radio station to a foundation he created: BJ and Skip's for The Music Foundation. The station is now run by Adrian DeBee (music) and Jack Ondracek (engineering).

Format

Although officially described as a "nostalgia" station, KBRD plays an eclectic mixture of jazz, rock, swing, country, dixieland, ragtime, zydeco, western swing, novelty and other music, much of which is not available on commercial radio stations.

A typical hour broadcast on KBRD might contain music by Artie Shaw, Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party, Bessie Smith, Boots Randolph, the Clicquot Club Eskimos, Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers, Bing Crosby, the Harmonicats, Sheb Wooley, Marty Robbins, Jelly Roll Morton, Nat King Cole, the Korn Kobblers, George Formby, Nana Mouskouri, Perry Como, Merle Travis, Louis Armstrong and the Hoosier Hot Shots.

KBRD broadcasts without commercial interruption. [6] It seeks donations on the air and on its website.

Awards

The KBRD website states that the station was named the 9th best radio station in the country by E! Entertainment . [5]

Listening online

KBRD's AM signal reaches out only about 35 miles (56 km) from Lacey, Washington, and only during daylight hours. It can be heard around the clock on its FM translator, 101.1 K266BM. But that signal is also limited to Lacey, Olympia and adjacent communities. However, KBRD programming is available via streaming media worldwide from its website.

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References

  1. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KBRD
  2. ↑ "KBRD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/K266BM
  4. ↑ "KBRD Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. 1 2 "KBRD History". KBRD. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  6. ↑ www.kbrdradio.com.
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