KGRB

KGRB may refer to:

KGRB (defunct)

KGRB (900 AM) was a 500-watt radio station in West Covina, California. The station featured Big Band music & Swing music from the original 78 rpm recordings. Among the notable disc jockeys over the years were Lyman Jay (Jaroch), Bob Mayfield, Bob Stone, and Tom Murphy.

The station was put on the air by former KTLA-Channel 5 engineer Robert Burdette and his wife Gloria on September 25, 1963. Indeed, the station's call letters were derived from Gloria Burdette's initials, "Gloria R. Burdette." In 1957 Burdette bought an FM station in West Covina and named it KBOB after himself. It was a sister station to KGRB. The two stations referenced themselves as "KGRB, KBOB, The Twin Voices of The (San Gabriel) Valley."

In 1994, after Burdette suffered a stroke, KGRB was put into a conservatorship. Steve Ray (who had worked at KCLU, KLIT, KMPC, and KRCI) was brought in to manage the stations. He made KGRB an NBC affiliate, renaming it "AM 90 NBC", and was in the process of acquiring the KNBC-AM call letters when the conservators sold KGRB to a Hispanic broadcast group. Today it is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting and is known as KALI, "Radio Zion."

KGRB (FM)

KGRB (94.3 FM, "Radio Lazer 94.3") is an American radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican music format. It is licensed to Jackson, California, USA, and serves the Sacramento, California, area. The station used to be owned by Adelante Media Group, LLC. On October 21, 2014, Adelante announced that it was selling KGRB, its sister stations and its LPTV outlet in Sacramento to Lazer Broadcasting, pending FCC approval The transaction was consummated effective December 31, 2014, at a price of $2.9 million.

History

The station used to be calledy "Magia 94.3". The call letters KLMG have been moved to 97.9 FM Esparto, California.

Previous owners include Salem Communications and Univision Communications. Salem sold the station to Bustos Media in 2006, who conveyed it to Adelante Media Group in 2010.

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