KMBX

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KMBX

| logo =

| logo_size =

| city = Soledad, California

| area = Salinas Valley

| frequency = 700 kHz

| network = ESNE Radio

| airdate = 1992

| format = Catholic

| language = Spanish

| power = 2,500 watts day
700 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 64041

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|27|51|N|121|17|52|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KQKE (1992–1994)
KSUR (1994–1995)
KVRG (1995–1999)
KSES (1999–2001)

| owner = Entravision Communications

| licensee = Entravision Holdings, LLC

| operator = El Sembrador Ministries

| sister_stations = KLOK-FM, KSES-FM

| webcast = [http://elsembradorministries.com/esne/ESNE-TV/square/esneradioenvivo.html Listen Live]

| website = [http://elsembradorministries.com/principal.html KMBX website]

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KMBX (700 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish religious format{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com |date=Spring 2010 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |access-date=2011-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }} Licensed to Soledad, California, United States, the station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC and operated by El Sembrador Ministries.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KMBX |title=KMBX Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=2011-12-15}}

History

KMBX started broadcasting in 1992.[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993/B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1993-B&W.pdf#page=54 "Directory of Radio: California: Soledad"], Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, 1993 edition, page B-52. Its original call letters were KQKE, which on December 14, 1994, were changed to KSUR, and on February 1, 1995, became KVRG.[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=64041 Call Sign History] (FCC.gov)

File:KMBX logo.png

=Expanded Band assignment=

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KVRG authorized to move from 700 to 1700 kHz.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. This notice lists KVRG under its earlier call sign of KQKE. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.

The station's call sign was changed to KSES on September 9, 1999, and to KMBX on December 3, 2001.

References

External links

[http://elsembradorministries.com/principal.html KMBX website]

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Category:Entravision Communications stations

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