KBRG
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| City | San Jose, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas |
| Branding | Amor 100.3 |
| Slogan | Música Con Buen Gusto |
| Frequency | 100.3 MHz |
| First air date | March 4, 1963 |
| Format | Spanish AC |
| ERP | 14,500 watts |
| HAAT | 786 meters (2,579 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 68839 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°6′40″N 121°50′34″W / 37.11111°N 121.84278°WCoordinates: 37°6′40″N 121°50′34″W / 37.11111°N 121.84278°W |
| Former callsigns | KEEN-FM (1963-1967) KBAY (1967-1997) |
| Affiliations | Uforia Audio Network |
| Owner | Univision Communications (Univision Radio Illinois, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KVVF, KSOL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Amor 100.3 |
KBRG (100.3 MHz Amor 100.3) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Jose, California, with a Spanish AC radio format. The station is owned by Univision Communications. Its studios are located at 1940 Zanker Road in San Jose[1][2], and the transmitter is on Loma Prieta Peak on the Santa Clara/Santa Cruz County line.
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History[edit]
KEEN-FM and KBAY[edit]
KEEN-FM came to air March 4, 1963, after rushing to meet FCC deadlines and fix issues with its problematic transmitter.[3] It was owned by United Broadcasting as the FM counterpart to KEEN AM 1370, but it offered easy listening music instead of KEEN's characteristic country format.[4]
In 1967, KEEN-FM became KBAY, an easy listening station that remained as such for decades. In the early 1980s, it moved toward a soft adult contemporary sound.
KBRG comes to 100.3[edit]
In 1997, the Snell family, owners of United Broadcasting, sold their holdings. The buyer for KBAY was American Radio Systems. American Radio Systems immediately swapped with EXCL Communications, a subsidiary of Latin Communications Group. EXCL traded the Fremont-based KBRG facility at 104.9, an FM station in Portland, $2 million in cash and 150,000 shares of Latin Communications Group stock for the KBAY facility and Sacramento's KSSJ.[5] ARS kept the KBAY call letters and format, which became part of a three-way station swap on December 31, 1997. KBAY moved from 100.3 to Gilroy 94.5, the former KUFX, while KUFX briefly moved to 104.9 before changing again in 1998.
KBRG history[edit]
KBRG was the Bay Area's first Spanish-language FM station, debuting in 1964 at 105.3 FM (now KITS). In December 1983, it moved to 104.9 (now KXSC) before being part of the ARS/EXCL swap on December 31, 1997.
From 1968 through 1971, KBRG broadcast Oakland Athletics games, with Víctor Manuel Torres at the mike.
In 1992, EXCL Communications purchased KBRG from Radio America, Inc. Sometime between 1992 and 1997, KBRG became one of EXCL's Radio Romántica stations, and it kept that format after EXCL was acquired by Entravision in 2000. On January 1, 2006, Univision purchased KBRG from Entravision and switched it to Spanish Adult Hits under the name Recuerdo 100.3.
On February 6, 2018, Univision dropped the "Más Variedad" Spanish Adult Hits format and switched it to Spanish AC as Amor 100.3. Although the music and radio shows are syndicated and heard from KLQV in San Diego and KOMR in Phoenix simultaneously, which also carries the Amor format.
HD radio[edit]
KBRG Broadcasts in HD[6] and has the following stations:
- HD1 Amor 100.3
- HD2 Radio Informativa 98.9/100.3
References[edit]
- ^ Univision moves Bay Area studio to San Jose Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved on August 19, 2017.
- ^ Univision 14 will move SF headquarters to San Jose Media Moves. Retrieved on August 19, 2017
- ^ Foster, Bob (December 6, 1962). "TV Screenings". The Times. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ Newton, Dwight (July 17, 1963). "New Sounds From KEEN". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. April 21, 1997. p. 88. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-04.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) HD Radio Guide for San Francisco
