KBRD

KBRD (680 AM) is a non-commercial, listener supported radio station broadcasting a Nostalgia format licensed to Lacey, Washington, USA. The station is currently owned by BJ & Skip's For the Music. The foundation is a 501(c)3 organization so donations are tax deductible. It is dedicated to the preservation of the music of the first half of the 20th century. It is a daytimer station, signing on at sunrise and signing off at local sunset to protect KNBR in San Francisco, California. As of May, 2014 KBRD programming can also be heard 24 hours a day on KCFL FM 89.5 in the Westport-Aberdeen, Washington area.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KNTE on March 7, 1994. On October 7, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KLDY then again on February 17, 1995 to the current KBRD.

Larry "Skip" Morrow owned an FM radio station, but was interested in also owning an AM station. When he purchased what was to become KBRD, there wasn't enough radio equipment to go on the air. He was also interested in the KBRD call letters; when the station was ready to go on the air, they belonged to someone else, so the station signed on under his ownership as KLDY. When KBRD became available, Morrow transferred the KLDY callsign to his classical AM station at 1280, making 680 KBRD.