KBAI
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City | Bellingham, Washington |
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Broadcast area | Whatcom County |
Frequency | 930 kHz |
Branding | 98.9 K-Bay |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Affiliations | Westwood One Fox News Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cascade Radio Group (Saga Communications) (Saga Broadcasting, LLC) |
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 / 48.79806°N 122.46694°WCoordinates: 48°47′53″N 122°28′01″W / 48.79806°N 122.46694°W |
Translator(s) | 98.9 K255DC (Bellingham) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
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 the Cascade Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications.[1]
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.[2]
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).[3]
References[]
- ^ "KBAI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KBAI Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ KBAI Bellingham Drops Liberal Talk For Classic Hits Radioinsight - August 1, 2017
External links[]
- FCC History Cards for KBAI[permanent dead link]
- KBAI in the FCC AM station database
- KBAI on Radio-Locator
- KBAI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radio stations in Washington (state)
- Classic hits radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in Washington (state)
- Washington (state) radio station stubs