KGGI

**KGGI**

City	Riverside, California
Broadcast area	Riverside-San Bernardino, California
Branding	99.1 KGGI
Slogan	The IE's Hottest Hit Music
Frequency	99.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 99.1 HD2: Fly Nation Radio
First air date	January 23, 1965 (as KBBL)
Format	Rhythmic Top 40 HD2: Classic hip hop
ERP	2,550 watts
HAAT	562 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	10135
Callsign meaning	GG = 99 I = 1. The letters, GGI, with the G in lowercase, looks similar to 99.1
Former callsigns	KBBL (1965-1979)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KFNY, KKDD, KMYT, KTDD, KTMQ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	991kggifm.com

KGGI is a commercial radio station in Riverside, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California area on 99.1 FM. The station airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its studios are in Riverside and the transmitter tower is in San Bernardino National Forest near Running Springs.

The signal of the station can be heard in areas adjacent to the Inland Empire region; sensitive radio tuners such as car radios in cities as far west as Santa Monica, down south to San Diego and has reached towards Palm Springs.

History

99.1 FM aired a religious format from its sign-on in 1965 to 1979 with the call letters KBBL ("K-Bible"). The original chief engineer, who signed KGGI on the air, was Lee McGowan. The original airstaff included program director Brian White, along with Bob West, Lisa Giles, Dan Harrison, Cliff Roberts, and Benny Martinez. The original station staff, including these DJs, are coming together for a 30-year reunion of 99-1 in July, 2009. The consultant who crafted the station's original format was Jerry Clifton. KGGI aired a Top 40 music format that evolved into the Rhythmic Top 40 music format of today.

On-Air Staff & Programming

The current lineup (as of February 2016) is as follows:

Morning Show (5:30 a.m.-10 a.m.):ODM and Evelyn
Middays (10 a.m.-2 p.m.):Freddy Rivera
Afternoons (2 p.m.-6 p.m.):Qui West
Nights (6 p.m.-10 p.m.):Kid Jay
Overnights/Latenights (10 p.m.-5:30 a.m.):Automated

Weekends: KC, Nick Nack, Greg HOLLA, Ashey Caprice, Abby De La Rosa, Crystal Perez, Garrison King

Street Team

The KGGI Street Team is the Promotions Team that goes out on the streets of Inland Empire and promotes the radio station and its advertising partners to the city, specifically targeting the urban, Latina (specifically female) and ages 18–29 markets. The KGGI Street Team consists of two street team members, and is sometimes partnered with a disc jocky. They are also there to help when there are live broadcasts that consist of the on-air jocks and/or mixers.

The current street team is headed by KC Morris.

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External links

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Radio-Locator information on KGGI

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Radio stations in the Riverside/San Bernardino, California market

By AM frequency	590 1050 1240 1290 1350 1370 1410 1440 1490 1510 1570 1670

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.7 90.1 91.9 92.9 93.5 94.3 94.5 95.1 96.1 96.7 97.5 98.1 98.3 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.9 101.3 101.7 103.3 103.9 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.5 106.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KRPE-LP/Rel)

By callsign	K251AH K252BF K295AI KAEH KATY-FM KCAA KCAL KCAL-FM KDEY-FM KEZY KFNY KFRG KGGI KGIC-LP KHPY KHTI KJVA-LP KKDD KLRD KLYY KMET KMYT KOLA KPRO KQIE KRCV KRQB KCAA KSDW KSGN KSPA KSPC KTDD KTIE KTMQ KUCR KUOR KVCR KWRM KXFG KXRS KXSB K293CF

Nearby radio markets Barstow High Desert/Eastern Sierra Los Angeles Palm Springs San Diego Victor Valley See also List of radio stations in California

Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of California

By frequency	92.1 92.7 94.1 94.3 94.7 94.9 (Tulare) 95.3 95.7 (Santa Maria) 95.7 (San Diego) 96.1 97.1 99.1 100.7 100.9 102.1 (Chico) 102.5 (Salinas) 102.5 (Sacramento) 103.5 (Sacramento) 102.9 103.3 104.7 (Los Banos) 104.7 (Oxnard) 105.7 105.9 106.1

By callsign	KBOS KCAQ KCEZ KDON KDUC KEWB KGGI KHHM KHTN KISV KKUU KLLY KPAT KPWR KQCM KRAJ KSEQ KSFM KSSX KVVF KVVZ KVYB KWYL KWWV KYDO

By city	Anderson Bakerfield Barstow Campo Chico Fresno–Tulare (KBOS) Fresno–Visalia (KSEQ) Johannesburg Joshua Tree Lodi Los Angeles Los Banos–Merced Oildale Orcutt Oxnard Palm Springs Riverside Sacramento–Woodland San Diego Salinas Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Margarita San Rafael South Lake Tahoe–Reno, Nevada

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 34°14′02″N 117°08′28″W / 34.234°N 117.141°W / 34.234; -117.141

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