KBIF
For the military airport in El Paso, Texas, assigned the ICAO code KBIF, see Biggs Army Airfield.
| City of license | Fresno, California |
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| Broadcast area | Fresno area |
| Slogan | The Central Valley's Asian Voice |
| Frequency | 900 kHz |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | World Ethnic |
| Audience share | 1.0, #24 (Fa'07, R&R[1]) |
| Power |
1000 watts (daytime) 500 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 9226 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Coordinates: 36°41′30″N 119°40′46″W / 36.69167°N 119.67944°W |
| Owner |
Cordell Overgaard (Overgaard Broadcasting LLC) |
| Website | 900kbif.com |
KBIF (900 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a World Ethnic format to the Fresno, California, USA area. The station is currently owned by Cordell Overgaard, through licensee Overgaard Broadcasting LLC.[2]
KBIF began serving the Central San Joaquin Valley in 1947 and by the early 1980s was broadcasting 24 hours a day. The Big Band format in the 1950s changed to a Christian format in the 1960s, which continues today. KBIF added foreign language programming, including Spanish, Punjabi and Japanese, in the mid-1980s and later added Hmong, Lao, Korean and Vietnamese.
References
- ↑ "Fresno Market Ratings". Radio and Records.
- ↑ "KBIF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KBIF
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KBIF
- Radio-Locator Information on KBIF
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KBIF
- Listen to a KBIF stream online
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