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Sacramento news/talker KFBK (1530) gets an FM simulcast at 92.5
radio-info.com ^ | 11/30/11 | radio-info.com

Posted on 11/30/2011 2:00:35 PM PST by raccoonradio

Clear Channel will flip the simulcast switch tomorrow (December 1), creating "FM News/Talk 92.5 and AM 1530 KFBK." The station is about to turn 90 years old on February 2, and in the 1980s it was the incubator for the Rush Limbaugh talk show. Its current lineup includes Limbaugh, Tom Sullivan, Kitty O'Neal, Amy Lewis, Ed Crane, John McGinness and Kelly Brothers.

The station losing out is modern AC "My 92.5" KGBY. Clear Channel market manager Jeff Holden says adding an FM signal "will give a younger audience access to one of the most influential stations in not only Sacramento, but all of Northern California."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kfbk; rushlimbaugh; sacramento; talkradio
The last sentence of Clear Channel's press release sums up why many AM news/talk/sports stations are migrating to FM: "KFBK will now reach the nearly 70% of the market that doesn’t tune into the AM band."
1 posted on 11/30/2011 2:00:46 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio
Coverage map of the new 92.5 signal for KFBK

2 posted on 11/30/2011 2:03:28 PM PST by raccoonradio
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KFBK is one of my default stations, but only if there is nothing else on the other four. Rush is good, if I can get it during work hours. Tom Sullivan is good too, but usually I am in the car before work and after work, when the progrmming is pretty sucky. Someone should tell that Kitty O’Niel that she is not sultry any more, and that everything she says is not necessarily funny. She has this horrible habit of saying everything with a slight chuckle while at the same time trying to sound seductive. I can’t stand listening to her.


3 posted on 11/30/2011 2:08:58 PM PST by webheart
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I listen to KSFO here in Sac and get Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin.

I will not switch for a second-rate line-up.

4 posted on 11/30/2011 3:03:45 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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The local Clear Channel station (WGST- Atlanta) did the same thing last week. I am lucky to get coverage if I leave their parking lot.

Hey CC, I think it is cute that you get an FM band just like all the other stations, but it does not mean a thing if you can’t reach your audience.


5 posted on 11/30/2011 4:00:47 PM PST by Dacula (When life gives you lemons, make apple juice and have people wonder how the hell you did it.)
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