KBBO (AM)

KBBO (1390 AM) is a radio station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States, the station serves the Yakima area. It carries a sports talk format. The station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group.

KBBO
CityYakima, Washington
Broadcast areaYakima, Washington
Frequency1390 kHz
Branding1390 The Fan
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
Ownership
OwnerStephens Media Group
(SMG-Yakima, LLC)
Sister stationsKHHK, KRSE, KXDD, KARY, KTCR
History
First air date1947 (as KYAK)
Former call signsKYAK (1947-1957)
KLOQ (1957-1963)
KBBO (1963-2004)
KJOX (2004-2012)
KTCR (2012-2013)
Technical information
Facility ID49875
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
390 watts night
Transmitter coordinates46°34′17″N 120°27′15″W
Translator(s)104.5 K283BX (Wapato)
Repeater(s)99.7-4 KHHK-HD4
Links
Websitethefanyakima.com

History

In 2012, after New Northwest Broadcasters went into receivership, its stations in Washington were sold to James Ingstad of Fargo, North Dakota.[1]

On August 29, 2013 KBBO and its talk format moved from 980 AM to 1390 AM, swapping frequencies with classic country-formatted KTCR.

On February 25, 2015 KBBO changed their format to sports, branded as "1390 The Fan".[2]

On Sept. 23, 2015, AllAccess.com reported that Ingstad has asked the Federal Communications Commission to allow the station to go silent due to "transmitter failure."[3]

In April 2018, Ingstad Radio sold 14 of its stations in Yakima and the Tri-Cities to Stephens Media Group.[4]

gollark: That'd be quite simple to do.
gollark: Run it over serial?
gollark: what could possibly go wrong?
gollark: The solution is simple: reimplement CC's modems on top of Pis and GPIO.
gollark: I mean, given how he tweets about CC, it'd be good to at least, say, not totally ignore it?

References
  1. Hoang, Mai. "New Radio Yakima owner committed to 'local, local, local'". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. Ingstad Brings KIRO Programming to Yakima
  3. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/145870/sold-michigan-fm-two-utah-translators
  4. "Stephens Media Group Buys 14 Ingstad Yakima, Tri-Cities Stations". All Access. Retrieved 2019-09-04.


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