KBUP

KBUP
City of license	Olympia, Washington
Branding	Sacred Heart Radio
Slogan	Catholic Radio For the Northwest
Frequency	1240 kHz
First air date	1922 (as KGY)
Format	Catholic Religious
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	34486
Transmitter coordinates	47°03′31″N 122°54′09″W / 47.05861°N 122.90250°W / 47.05861; -122.90250
Former callsigns	KGY (1922-2014)
Owner	Sacred Heart Radio, Inc.
Sister stations	KBLE
Website	sacredheartradio.org

KBUP (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Olympia, Washington, USA. The station is owned and operated by Sacred Heart Radio, Inc.

Programming

KBUP features Catholic religious programming, simulcast with KBLE 1050 AM Seattle.

History

KBUP is one of the oldest radio stations in the state of Washington. It was licensed in 1922 and began broadcasting at St. Martin's College, for a while out of a log cabin.^[1]

On October 14, 2014, KGY was sold by KGY Inc. to Sacred Heart Radio, Inc. and changed their format to Catholic religious, simulcasting KBLE 1050 AM Seattle. On November 6, KGY changed their call letters to KBUP.

References

↑ "The KGY History". KGY Radio.

External links

KBUP official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KBUP

Radio-Locator Information on KBUP

Religious radio stations in the state of Washington

Stations	KARI – Blaine KARR – Kirkland KAYB – Sunnyside KBLD – Kennewick KBLE – Seattle KBUP – Olympia KCIS – Edmonds KCSH – Ellensburg KEEH – Spokane KEIT-LP – Colville KETL-LP – Republic KGDN – Pasco KGNW – Burien-Seattle KGRU-LP – Ellensburg KGTC-LP – Oroville KJVH – Longview KKRS – Davenport KLFE – Seattle KLSW – Covington KMBI – Spokane KMBI-FM – Spokane KMLW – Moses Lake KOLU – Pasco KSOH – Wapato KSPO – Dishman KTAC – Ephrata KTBI – Ephrata KTJC – Kelso KTSL – Medical Lake KTTO – Spokane KTYG-LP – Onalaska KUCC – Clarkston KWDR – Royal City KWFJ – Roy KWPZ – Lynden KYAK – Yakima KYFQ – Tacoma

Defunct	KZLF-LP – Pullman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Washington See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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