KUBA

KUBA (1600 AM) is a radio station based in Marysville, California. which serves the Marysville and Yuba City area, also known as the Yuba-Sutter Area. KUBA is simulcast on translator K251CE 98.1 FM. Transmitting power is 5,000 watts day and 2,500 watts night.

KUBA
CityYuba City, California
Broadcast areaMarysville/Yuba City, California
Frequency1600 kHz
BrandingKUBA 1600/98.1
SloganLocal News plus Classic Hits of the 60's and 70's
Programming
FormatClassic hits/News
Ownership
OwnerResults Radio of Chico Licensee, LLC
History
First air date
January 10, 1948
Call sign meaning
K YUBA City
Technical information
Facility ID56365
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
Translator(s)98.1 K251CE (Yuba City)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekubaradio.com

KUBA is owned and operated by Results Radio of Chico Licensee, LLC.[1] It offers a classic hits music format, along with extensive local news and sports coverage.

KUBA, KETQ-LP, KMYC-AM, KRYC, KCYC, KCCL, KKCY and KOBO, are the only radio stations broadcasting in the Yuba-Sutter region.

Station history

KUBA was founded on January 24, 1947, and went on the air as an independent radio station on January 10, 1948. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a license to the station to start broadcasting at 500 watts of power on 1600 kilohertz. Power was raised to 1,000 watts in 1949 with the installation of a new 2-tower directional antenna system and the studio was moved to the Hotel Marysville in 1950. The power was once again increased, this time to 5,000 watts in February 1961. The station was once again relocated in 1963 to an office building on 4th Street in Marysville before moving to its permanent home at the transmitter site in Yuba City in the early 1970s.

In January 1983, KUBA was purchased by the Harlan Family and remained owners until the summer of 2004, when the station merged with Nevada County Broadcasters to increase coverage into the Nevada City, Grass Valley area. Nevada County Broadcasters sold KUBA in August 2010 to Results Radio of Chico Licensee, LLC.[2]

Format history

Both bands

From February 13, 2008 – August 10, 2011.[3] KUBA was allowed to broadcast a simulcast of its programming on K238AV 95.5 FM. KUBA was one of the first AM radio stations in the country to qualify to add an FM signal under a new Federal Communications Commission ruling. As of 2011, KUBA transmits solely on 1600-AM.

In 2008, KUBA celebrated its 60th birthday. AM 1600 KUBA has gone through a few format changes from country music in 1999 to "America's Best Music" (a nostalgia format) to what we they today, "Classic Hits of the 60's and 70's" plus news and information you need to know about.

Personalities
  • John Black (2000) He made the switch to community radio 93Q KETQ-LP Yuba City in the spring of 2016.
  • Steve Jackson (1971) Currently in Modesto (KJSN) and formerly in Sacramento.
  • Rich Dixon (1971)- Morning drive personality. Dixon moved to KSAY Country, San Francisco and then to KGO Radio, S.F., as a relief talk host.
  • Lon Simmons (early 1950s) Yuba College Play-By-Play. Simmons went to Fresno, then to the San Francisco Giants. Simmons also called SF 49er games and Oakland A's.

Sports

(KUBA's logo when they were simulcasting on 95.5 translator)

References
  1. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/kuba-98879-radio-sold.html
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2011-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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