KMBY (AM)

Last updated
KMBY
Broadcast area Monterey, California
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingKMBY 1240 & 95.9 FM
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerHanford Youth Services Inc
History
First air date
1935 (1935) (as KDON at 1210)
Former call signs
  • KFUH (CP)
  • KDON (1935–1949)
  • KMBY (1949–1978) [1]
  • KESE (1978–1982)
  • KNRY (1982–2020)
  • KNBI (2020–2022)
Former frequencies
1210 kHz (1935–1941)
Technical information
Facility ID 35276
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 36°36′56″N121°53′54″W / 36.61556°N 121.89833°W / 36.61556; -121.89833
Translator(s) 95.9 K240EV (Monterey)
Links
Webcast Stream
Website kmbyradio.com

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 and broadcasts a classic hits format.

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History

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., [2] bought KNRY from IHR Educational Broadcasting in December 2013. The format was changed to jazz in early January 2014. [3] In May 2014, KNRY dropped the jazz format and began stunting, first with a simulcast of Los Angeles classical station KMZT-FM ("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". [4] The syndication was also heard on KKGO's HD2 subchannel in Los Angeles.

In April 2020, KNRY went silent. [5] In October 2020, Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters donated the station to Hanford Youth Services Inc but retained the call letters and studio equipment. [6] 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 donation 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. [7] The KMBY call sign formally returned on April 20, 2022. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 FCC History Cards for KMBY
  2. ↑ "Home". mountwilsoninc.com.
  3. ↑ "KMBY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  4. ↑ KNRY Flips to Adult Standards
  5. ↑ Six Stations Cease Operations This Week Due To Coronavirus Impacts Radioinsight - April 19, 2020
  6. ↑ "Station Sales Week of 10/9".
  7. ↑ "LMS #129334 — Cancellation — KOAD-LP". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. December 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Call Sign History (KMBY)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved April 24, 2022.
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