KFBK (AM)

KFBK
Sacramento, California; United States;
Broadcast area	Sacramento–Stockton, California
Frequency	1530 kHz
Branding	News 93.1 KFBK
Programming
Format	News–talk
Affiliations	ABC News Radio; CBS News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks;
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	KBEB; KFBK-FM; KHYL; KSTE; KYRV; KZIS;
History
First air date	September 17, 1922; 102 years ago
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10145
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	38°50′53.63″N 121°29′1.85″W / 38.8482306°N 121.4838472°W
Repeater(s)	93.1 KFBK-FM (Pollock Pines); 92.5 KBEB-HD2 (Sacramento);
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	kfbk.iheart.com

KFBK (1530 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Sacramento, California. It is simulcast on KFBK-FM 93.1 MHz. KFBK-AM-FM air a news-talk radio format and are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on River Park Drive in North Sacramento, near the Arden Fair Mall.^[2]

KFBK is a Class A radio station. Its 50,000-watt transmitter is on Pleasant Grove Road at Catlett Road in Pleasant Grove.^[3] Because KFBK shares AM 1530 with another Class A station, WCKY in Cincinnati, KFBK uses a directional antenna, which operates with separate day and night parameters and has the highest field strength of any AM station in the United States.^[4] The daytime signal covers much of the Northern California, from the northern Sacramento Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Valley. At night, it reaches much of the Western United States and Western Canada.