KRAB

Radio station in Greenacres, California
35°21′33.00″N 118°43′45.00″W / 35.3591667°N 118.7291667°W / 35.3591667; -118.7291667Links
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KRAB (106.1 MHz, "Alt 106.1") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Greenacres, California, and broadcasting to the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station airs an alternative rock radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KRAB carries The Woody Show in morning drive time, syndicated from KYSR Los Angeles. KRAB's studios are on Mohawk Street in southwest Bakersfield.

KRAB has an effective radiated power of 25,000 watts. Its transmitter is off Bena Road east of Bakersfield in rural Kern County.[2]

History

This station's history began on June 26, 1987, when a construction permit was issued by the Federal Communications Commission. It called for a new radio station at 106.3 FM. On July 8th of that year, the KRAB call letters were assigned to the construction permit. The station was founded by Atmosphere Broadcasting LP, which applied for its license in late 1990.

KRAB finally signed on the air on March 29, 1991; 33 years ago (March 29, 1991). Because 106.3 FM had been a frequency only for Class A stations, KRAB was limited in power. Several years later the station changed frequencies and began broadcasting at 106.1.[3] That permitted it to boost its power.

In October 2000, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) acquired the station. This station was placed into the Aloha Station Trust in 2008, with the intention to sell it. But that decision was later changed and iHeartMedia substantially reacquired the station in 2014. KRAB is a distant sister station to KYSR in Los Angeles, which also airs an alternative rock format.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRAB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KRAB
  3. ^ "Query the REC California FM Station database for KRAB". REC Networks. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

External links

  • 106.1 KRAB official website
  • KRAB in the FCC FM station database
  • KRAB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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