KBHH

KBHH (95.3 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Kerman, California, since 2001. The station's broadcast license is held by Farmworker Educational Radio Network, Inc.

Programming

Before falling silent in 2008, KBHH broadcast a Regional Mexican music and educational programming format branded as "La Campesina 95.3 FM" as part of the Radio Campesina Network. ("Campesina" is a Spanish word meaning "peasant" or "farmworker".) Anthony Chavez, president of Farmworker Educational Radio Network, Inc., is the youngest son of American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist César Chávez.

History

Launch

In May 1996, Farmworker Educational Radio Network, Inc., was among the applicants to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. After a settlement among the applicants was reached in January 1998, the FCC granted this permit on April 16, 1998, with a scheduled expiration date of April 16, 2001. The new station was assigned call sign "KBHH" on July 17, 1998. After construction and testing were completed in April 2001, the station was granted its broadcast license on June 18, 2001.