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KBRT (740 AM), known on air as "KBRT AM 740", is a Christian radio station. It airs Christian hate based talk radio programming for Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The station broadcasts at 10,000 Watts sunrise to sunset and 113 Watts from sunset to sunrise at 740 kHz from the hill above Avalon on Catalina Island. The studio and business offices are located in Costa Mesa. The nighttime broadcasts cannot generally be heard very far inland, local signal strength not even reaching all of Long Beach. As a result, most of the Los Angeles and San Diego area hear KCBS from San Francisco on 740 kHz after sunset. The evening and early morning programming consists of same-day rebroadcasts and a "Best of KBRT" program. They also broadcast in HD Radio and on the web. AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using Amplitude Modulation. ... Christian radio is a radio format that focuses on transmitting programming with a Christian message. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. State of California. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... San Diego redirects here. ... For other uses, see Watt (disambiguation). ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Location of Avalon in California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1913-06-26 [2] Government  - Mayor Bob Kennedy [1] Area  - City  3. ... Official website: http://ci. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... KCBS is an AM all-news radio station in San Francisco, California that is a key West Coast flagship radio station of the CBS Radio Network and Westwood One, broadcasting at 740 kHz. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... HD Radio is an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system created by iBiquity for broadcasting via existing FM and AM radio stations. ...


Contractors cutting a steel antenna cable with a gas-powered circular saw caused the wildfire that began on May 10, 2007. KBRT had to shut down the transmitter, which was not damaged. Until the transmitter was repaired, the station aired only on KBRT740.com. Location of Avalon in California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1913-06-26 [2] Government  - Mayor Bob Kennedy [1] Area  - City  3. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


History

In 1980, the station switched to the Talk/Christian format after being purchased by Donald Crawford of Crawford Broadcasting when the assets of the original Crawford Broadcasting was split up among the heirs of its founder, evangelist Dr. Percy B. Crawford. Previously, KBRT was known as KBIG, airing Easy Listening music. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Crawford Broadcasting is a family-owned media company based in Denver, Colorado. ... KBIG-FM is an FM radio station in Los Angeles, California owned by Clear Channel. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


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