KGBR

KGBR
City of license Gold Beach, Oregon
Branding The Bridge
Slogan "Curry County's #1 Hit Music Station"
Frequency 92.7 MHz
First air date 1986
Format Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP 265 watts
HAAT 314 meters (1030 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 62150
Callsign meaning Gold Beach Radio
Owner St. Marie Communications, Inc.
Website kgbr.com

KGBR (92.7 FM, "The Bridge") is a radio station licensed to serve Gold Beach, Oregon, USA. The station, which began regular broadcasting in 1986, is owned by St. Marie Communications, Inc.

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Programming

KGBR broadcasts a contemporary hit radio music format from a transmitter located atop Grizzly Mountain, in Curry County, Oregon.[1] In addition to its usual music programming, KGBR airs a tradio program known as "Swap & Shop". KGBR also broadcasts the high school football games of Gold Beach High School.[2]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 27, 1981.[3] The new station was assigned the call letters KGBR by the FCC.[4] In November 1982, permit holder James N. Hoff applied to transfer the construction permit for this station to George L. Chambers and Bonnie L. Chambers, doing business as Chambers Broadcasting. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 8, 1983, and the transaction was consummated on April 28, 1983.[5]

Chambers Broadcasting announced a deal in October 1986 to transfer the KGBR permit to Republic Communications of Oregon, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 5, 1986.[6] This would prove short-lived as Republic Communications of Oregon, Inc., reached an agreement in January 1987 to sell this station to St. Marie Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 11, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on March 20, 1987.[7]

After multiple extensions and permit holder transfers, KGBR finally received its license to cover from the FCC on June 25, 1987.[8]

Former on-air staff

References

  1. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm. 
  2. ^ "Football fills the airwaves". Southern Oregon World. September 3, 2008. http://theworldlink.com/articles/2008/09/03/sports/football_2008/doc48befc0cd6e5a382564421.txt. "KGBR (92.7 FM): Broadcasts all Gold Beach games." 
  3. ^ "Application Search Details (BPH-19800723AH)". FCC Media Bureau. January 27, 1981. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=21889. 
  4. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=62150&Callsign=KGBR. 
  5. ^ "Application Search Details (BAPH-19821123HD)". FCC Media Bureau. April 28, 1983. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=49442. 
  6. ^ "Application Search Details (BAPH-19861007GU)". FCC Media Bureau. November 5, 1986. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=93063. 
  7. ^ "Application Search Details (BAPH-19870112GQ)". FCC Media Bureau. March 20, 1987. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=96756. 
  8. ^ "Application Search Details (BLH-19860716KF)". FCC Media Bureau. June 25, 1987. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=90156. 
  9. ^ Fong-Torres, Ben (May 7, 2006). "Radio Waves". San Francisco Chronicle: p. PK-47. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/07/PKGNSGU5P21.DTL&type=tvradio. 
  10. ^ a b c Fong-Torres, Ben (August 26, 2007). "Radio Waves: San Francisco Radio Joy". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/26/PK92RJUR6.DTL&hw=KFBK&sn=003&sc=309. 

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