| Broadcast area | Bakersfield metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 106.1MHz |
| Branding | "ALT 106.1: KRAB Radio" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBFP,KBFP-FM,KDFO,KHTY | |
| History | |
First air date | March 29, 1991; 34 years ago (1991-03-29) |
Call sign meaning | A play on "Crab" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17359 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 25,000watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°21′33.00″N118°43′45.00″W / 35.3591667°N 118.7291667°W /35.3591667; -118.7291667 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | krab.iheart.com |
KRAB (106.1MHz, "Alt 106.1") is acommercialFMradio stationlicensed toGreenacres, California, and broadcasting to theBakersfield metropolitan area. The station airs analternative rockradio format and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. KRAB carriesThe Woody Show in morningdrive time,syndicated fromKYSRLos Angeles. KRAB's studios are on Mohawk Street in southwest Bakersfield.
KRAB has aneffective radiated power of 25,000watts. Itstransmitter is off Bena Road east of Bakersfield in ruralKern County.[2]
This station's history began on June 26, 1987, when aconstruction permit was issued by theFederal Communications Commission. It called for a new radio station at 106.3 FM. On July 8 of that year, the KRABcall letters were assigned to the construction permit. The station was founded by Atmosphere Broadcasting LP, which applied for its license in late 1990.
KRAB finallysigned on the air on March 29, 1991; 34 years ago (March 29, 1991). Because106.3 FM had been a frequency only forClass A stations, KRAB was limited in power. Several years later the station changed frequencies and began broadcasting at 106.1.[3] That permitted it to boost its power.
In October 2000,Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) acquired the station. This station was placed into theAloha Station Trust in 2008, with the intention to sell it. But that decision was later changed and iHeartMedia substantially reacquired the station in 2014. KRAB is a distantsister station toKYSR inLos Angeles, which also airs an alternative rock format.
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