KBKW

KBKW (1450 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Aberdeen, Washington, and serving the area around Grays Harbor. The station is currently owned by Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc.[1] It airs a classic country radio format.

For the airport in Beckley, West Virginia, assigned ICAO code KBKW, see Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
KBKW
CityAberdeen, Washington
Broadcast areaGrays Harbor
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingTimber Country 94.7
Programming
FormatClassic country
AffiliationsWestwood One Network
Salem Radio Network
ABC News Radio
Ownership
OwnerJodesha Broadcasting, Inc.
KANY, KJET, KSWW
History
First air date
August 1, 1949
Former call signs
KBKW (1949-1982)
KAYO (1982-1995)
Call sign meaning
K Ben K. Wetherwax (original owner)
Technical information
Facility ID33623
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
46°56′59″N 123°49′13″W
Translator(s)103.5 K278CU (Aberdeen)
94.7 K234AU (Aberdeen)
Repeater(s)102.1-3 KSWW-HD3 (Ocean Shores)
Links
Websitekbkw.com

Programming is simulcast on 250 watt FM translator 103.5 K278CU in Aberdeen.[2]

Programming

Weekdays begin with "Coffee Talk Live with Doug McDowell," a local news and talk show. The rest of the weekday schedule is supplied by nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Mike Gallagher, Ben Shapiro, Michael Savage, Lars Larson, Jim Bohannon, Hugh Hewitt, Red Eye Radio and First Light.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, pets, home repair, travel, technology and science. Weekend syndicated hosts include Kim Komando, Rudy Maxa and Dr. Michio Kaku. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio.

History

The station originally signed on the air on August 1, 1949, as KBKW.[3] The call sign represented the founder's initials, Ben K. Weatherwax. Weatherwax was part of a prominent local family, and was the first full-time radio newsman in Southwest Washington, employed at KXRO until the launch of KBKW.

In later years, the call letters changed to KAYO, with a switch to a country music format. On April 28, 1995, the station reverted to the current call sign KBKW, with the FM sister station retaining the KAYO call letters.[4] The KAYO call letters have since switched to an FM station in Alaska.

On January 18, 2022, KBKW changed its format from news/talk to a simulcast of KSWW's HD3 subchannel's classic country format as "Timber Country 94.7", which is fed on translator K234AU.[5]

References
  1. "KBKW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/K278CU
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 page B-174
  4. "KBKW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. "KBKW Falls Into Timber Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
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