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| Broadcast area | Riverside-San Bernardino, California |
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| Frequency | 1350kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports Radio 1350 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KFOO,KGGI,KMYT,KTMQ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Former call signs | KCKC (1947–2001) KEWS (2001–2002) KTDD (2002–2017) KUBE (2017–2018) |
Call sign meaning | PoWer (warehoused froma station in Seattle) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2399 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts day 600watts night |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | foxsportsradio1350.iheart.com |
KPWK (1350AM) is a commercialradio station inSan Bernardino, California, broadcasting to theRiverside-San Bernardino, California, area on 1350AM. Its studios are in Riverside and the transmitter tower is in San Bernardino.
KPWK airs a sports format branded as "Fox Sports I.E. 1350 AM."
The station was known for years asKCKC and was the number-one country station in theRiverside/San Bernardino market until country stationKFRG-FM came on the air in the late 1980s. In 1993, it switched to a news talk format which lasted until 1996. From 1997-1998, the station returned to a country music format, this time concentrating on classic country. The station took on the nickname "The Big Dog" during this period. Later, the station was sold to Clear Channel Communications. After brief periods as a sports-talk station and a Spanish-language station, the company changed the format to news and talk and the call letters toKEWS. In 2002, it was changed back to a classic country station and the call letters were changed toKTDD, meaning "the Toad". The name was taken from the 2000 filmO Brother, Where Art Thou? in which the character Pete was thought to have been turned into a toad byblue grass singingsirens; more specifically from the line in the movie house, "We thought you was a toad!" The name was initially not intended as a take on contemporary country station"K-Frog".
Former KCKCDJs Bill Georgi and J.W. Bradbury were hired as two of the Toad's DJs, along with other DJs, some of whom were previously heard on other country radio stations. As of 2006, Bill Georgi, who is also the station's program director, is the only local DJ still heard on the station. He hosts the station's morning show Monday through Friday. The rest of the day features an automated national format 'Country Gold' provided byJones Radio Network. The station also carries mostNASCAR races in addition to a live call in NASCAR pre-showRace Radio hosted in studio by Greg Coz, and somepublic affairs programming on the weekends.
J.W. Bradbury died of an apparent heart attack on October 27, 2006. For a few minutes while his funeral service was being held in Highland, California, KTDD interrupted regular programming and did an on the air tribute to him. Attendees of the funeral heard the tribute over a radio that was hooked into the church's PA system.
On June 1, 2013, KTDD changed from classic country to FOX Sports from Premier Networks.
On August 4, 2015, it was announced that KPWK would be the exclusive broadcaster of IE Sports Net.[2]
On November 14, 2017, the station swapped callsigns withKUBE ofTacoma, Washington as part of an impending sale of the latter station.
On May 11, 2018, KUBE swapped call signs with commonly-ownedSeattle, Washington stationKPWK as part of a warehousing move.
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