KBKW

KBKW (1450 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Aberdeen, Washington, and serving the area around Grays Harbor. The station is currently owned by Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc.[1] It airs a talk radio format.

For the airport in Beckley, West Virginia, assigned ICAO code KBKW, see Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
KBKW
CityAberdeen, Washington
Broadcast areaGrays Harbor
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk KBKW
Slogan"The Talk of Grays Harbor"
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
AffiliationsWestwood One Network
Salem Radio Network
ABC News Radio
Ownership
OwnerJodesha Broadcasting, Inc.
KANY, KJET, KSWW
History
First air date
August 1, 1949
Former call signs
KBKW (1949-1982)
KAYO (1982-1995)
Call sign meaning
K Ben K. Wetherwax (original owner)
Technical information
Facility ID33623
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
46°56′59″N 123°49′13″W
Translator(s)100.5 K263BE (Aberdeen)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekbkw.com

Programming is simulcast on 250 watt FM translator 100.5 K263BE in Aberdeen.[2] KBKW is also heard on the HD2 subhchannel on co-owned 102.1 KSWW in Ocean Shores.

Programming

Weekdays begin with "Coffee Talk Live with Doug McDowell," a local news and talk show. The rest of the weekday schedule is supplied by nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Mike Gallagher, Ben Shapiro, Michael Savage, Lars Larson, Jim Bohannon, Hugh Hewitt, Red Eye Radio and First Light.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, pets, home repair, travel, technology and science. Weekend syndicated hosts include Kim Komando, Rudy Maxa and Dr. Michio Kaku. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio.

History

The station originally signed on the air on August 1, 1949, as KBKW.[3] The call sign represented the founder's initials, Ben K. Weatherwax. Weatherwax was part of a prominent local family, and was the first full-time radio newsman in Southwest Washington, employed at KXRO until the launch of KBKW.

In later years, the call letters changed to KAYO, with a switch to a country music format. On 1995-04-28, the station reverted to the current call sign KBKW, with the FM sister station retaining the KAYO call letters.[4] The KAYO call letters have since switched to an FM station in Alaska.

References
  1. "KBKW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/K263BE
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 page B-174
  4. "KBKW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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