KBAM (1400 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a country music format.[1] Licensed to Longview, Washington, United States, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media, LLC and features programming from Compass Media Networks.[2]
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Real Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KEDO | |
| History | |
First air date | 1938 (as KWLK) |
Former call signs | KWLK (1938–1958) KEDO (1958–2021) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 38379 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°8′57″N 122°58′29″W / 46.14917°N 122.97472°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.1 K256CQ (Longview) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kbamcountry.com |
History edit
KBAM signed on in 1938, on 780 kHz, as KWLK. It moved to 1370 kHz in 1940, then to 1400 kHz in 1941, as a result of the NARBA agreement. The station changed its call sign to KEDO on November 10, 1958. On September 6, 2010, KEDO changed its format from oldies to talk.
On September 2, 2021, the KEDO call sign and the talk/sports format moved to 1270 AM Longview, swapping frequencies and call signs with country-formatted KBAM, which moved to 1400 AM.[3]
Previous logo edit
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(KBAM's logo as KEDO under previous oldies format)
References edit
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ "KBAM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ Longview WA Signals Swap Locations Radioinsight - September 3, 2021
External links edit
- Official website
- KBAM in the FCC AM station database
- KBAM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K256CQ in the FCC FM station database
- K256CQ at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for KBAM
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