KOBO

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KOBO
Broadcast areaSutter County, Yuba County
Frequency 1450 kHz
BrandingPunjabi Radio USA
Programming
Format Punjabi language
Ownership
Owner
  • Punjabi American Media, LLC
  • (Punjabi American Media, LLC)
KIID, KLHC, KWRU
History
First air date
February 8, 1954
Former call signs
KMYC (1941–1952)
KAGR (1954–1966)
KZIN (1966–1969)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 17408
Class C
Power 166 watts day
500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°6′21.6″N121°39′22.9″W / 39.106000°N 121.656361°W / 39.106000; -121.656361
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website punjabiradiousa.com

KOBO (1450 AM) is a Multicultural radio station. Licensed to Yuba City, California, United States. KOBO is simulcast with KIID 1470 AM, KLHC 1350 AM, KCVR 1570 AM and KWRU 1300 AM.

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The station was sold by Tom Huth (Huth Broadcasting) to Punjabi American Media LLC, which provide programs under the banner of Punjabi Radio USA.The sale was consummated on October 13, 2015.

The Punjabi American community in Sutter County is one of the largest outside the state of Punjab, India. It is most concentrated in South Yuba City where 20.2% of residents are South Asian, predominantly Punjabi, followed by Live Oak (7.8%), Tierra Buena (7.8%), and Yuba City (6.4%).Punjabi Americans are among California's most successful farmers. Immigrants from India's Punjab region have adopted new methods while preserving—and sharing—the customs and culture of their ancestral homeland.

In 2013 Kash Gill and 2017 Preet Didbal were named the first Sikh/Punjabi American Mayors of Yuba City.

Format history

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  1. "Facility Technical Data for KOBO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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