KBMB
For the Sacramento, California radio station that held the call sign KBMB at 103.5 FM from 1997 to 2010, see KHHM.
| City | Black Canyon City, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Branding | 710 AM ESPN Deportes |
| Frequency | 710 kHz |
| First air date | March 30, 1981 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Power |
22,000 watts (day) 3,900 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 63147 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°4′50″N 112°9′13″W / 34.08056°N 112.15361°WCoordinates: 34°4′50″N 112°9′13″W / 34.08056°N 112.15361°W |
| Former callsigns |
KUET (1981-2003) KMIA (2003-2010) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Deportes Radio |
| Owner |
Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live (non-game casts) |
| Website | espnradio710am.com |
KBMB (710 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Black Canyon City, Arizona, USA. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC and features programming from ESPN Deportes Radio.[1]
History
The station was assigned the call letters KUET on March 30, 1981. On January 7, 2003, the station changed its call sign to KMIA; and again on July 9, 2010 to KBMB.[2]
The station's transmitter was vandalized (a person burned the steel support rods on four of the seven towers with a torch, causing them to crash to the ground) on March 4, 2006.[3] The station had returned to the air by the end of March 2006, but at severely reduced power.[4]
References
- ↑ "KMIA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "KBMB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ Vandals bump Spanish station off the air; 4 radio towers toppled, Brent Whiting, The Arizona Republic, March 30, 2006
- ↑ DX Listening Digest 6-055, edited by Glenn Hauser, worldofradio.com, March 31, 2006.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KBMB
- Radio-Locator Information on KBMB
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KBMB
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