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Broadcast area | Sacramento–Stockton, California |
Frequency | 1530 kHz |
Branding | News 93.1 KFBK |
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Format | News–talk |
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First air date | September 17, 1922 |
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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 |
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Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | kfbk |
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.