KGEO

Radio station in Bakersfield, California

KGEO

* Bakersfield, California

Broadcast area| Central California
Frequency| 1230 kHz
Branding| ESPN Bakersfield
Programming
Format| Sports
Affiliations| ESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner|

* American General Media
* (AGM California)

Sister stations

| KEBT, KERN, KGFM, KISV, KKXX[1]
History

First air date

| 1945 (as KERO)

Former call signs

| KERO (1945-1955)
KGEE (1955-1980)
KGAM (1980-1981)
Technical information
Facility ID| 36233
Class| C
Power| 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Translator(s)| 101.1 K266CG (Bakersfield)
Links
Webcast| Listen Live
Website| bakersfieldespn.com

KGEO (1230 AM, "ESPN Bakersfield") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States. It is the flagship station of American General Media, it serves inland central California. The station's studios are located at Easton Business Complex in southwest Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located southwest of Highway 58 and Union Avenue in southeast Bakersfield.

The station was assigned the KGEO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 18, 1981.[2]

KWAC (AM) operates from KGEO's transmitter site and uses its tower.

## History[edit]

The station signed on in 1945 as KERO. At that time, it broadcast from the El Tejon hotel in Downtown Bakersfield. In 1953, it spawned Bakersfield's second television station, which still bears the KERO-TV calls.

Original local owner Kern County Broadcasters sold off the radio station in 1955, and the call letters were changed to KGEE. It supported a mix of talk and popular music. Its moniker was "KGEE, the talk of the town". In 1981, it changed the call letters to KGEO, and became one of Bakersfield's first stations to program an "oldies" format, consisting of music from 1954 to current. The station was known as "KGEOldies". During the 1980s, it advertised itself as playing 4 decades of hits. It switched to an all talk format in the late 1990s. At that point KGEO experimented with "hot talk" carrying such syndicated programs as the "Phil Hendrie Show" and "the Tom Leykis Show". Until 2006, KGEO was an all-sports station and carried an extensive lineup from ESPN Radio. KGEO is no longer the flagship station for the Bakersfield Blaze of the California League of Minor League Baseball and the Bakersfield Condors in the ECHL. Imus in the Morning was heard on KGEO until its cancellation in April 2007, as was its replacement shows throughout the summer of 2007. KGEO also dropped "The Don and Mike" show just one week before radio legend Don Geronimo had planned to retire anyway. On Monday, March 31, 2008, KGEO affiliated with ESPN Radio and was rebranded as ESPN Radio 1230. On April 5, 2011, KGEO changed formats and became a news/talk station known as "$mart Talk 1230."

## Programming[edit]

Programming heard on KGEO previously included the syndicated shows of Dennis Miller, Dave Ramsey, Lou Dobbs, Clark Howard, Wall Street Journal Radio, America's Morning News, and Red Eye Radio. Local programing heard on KGEO includes Your Radio Store and also Californian Radio with host Jeff Lemucchi and he's joined by hosts Richard Beene, Lois Henry, Robert Price and John Arthur. KGEO also broadcasts minor league baseball games of the Bakersfield Blaze of the California League.

## Previous logo[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "American General Media - STATIONS". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

## External links[edit]

* FCC History Cards for KGEO
* KGEO in the FCC AM station database
* KGEO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* K266CG in the FCC FM station database
* K266CG at FCCdata.org
* Your Radio Store - a show carried on Smart Talk 1230

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* t
* e

Radio stations in Bakersfield, California (Kern County)

By AM frequency|

* 550
* 660
* 800
* 970
* 1010
* 1050
* 1100
* 1140
* 1180
* 1230
* 1350
* 1410
* 1490
* 1560

By FM frequency|

* 88.3
* 88.7
* 89.1
* 89.5
* 90.1
* 90.9
* 91.3
* 91.7
* 92.1
* 92.5
* 93.1
* 94.1
* 94.9
* 95.3
* 95.7
* 96.5
* 96.9
* 97.3
* 97.7
* 98.1
* 98.5
* 98.9
* 99.3
* 101.5
* 102.5
* 102.9
* 103.9
* 104.3
* 104.5
* 105.3
* 105.7
* 106.1
* 106.5
* 107.1
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 103.3

|

Translators|

* 93.7
* 96.1
* 100.1
* 101.1
* 102.1
* 102.5
* 106.7
* 107.5

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 89.1-1
* 90.1-1
* 98.5-1
* 105.3-1

By call sign|

* K229CD
* K241CI
* K261CO
* K266CG
* K271DF
* K273CB
* K294DK
* K298DH
* KAIB
* KAFY
* KAXL
* KBDS
* KBFP
* KBFP-FM
* KBLV
* KBQF
* KCHJ
* KCNQ
* KCWR
* KDFO
* KEAL
* KEBT
* KERI
* KERN
* KFHL
* KFRB
* KGEO
* KGFM
* KGSV
* KGZO
* KHHT
* KHTY
* KISV
* KIWI
* KJPG
* KKBB
* KKXX-FM
* KLHC
* KLLY
* KMYX-FM
* KNZR
* KNZR-FM
* KPRX
* KPSL-FM
* KQKZ
* KQMX
* KRAB
* KRHM-LP
* KRJK
* KRVQ-FM
* KRWI
* KTQX
* KUZZ
* KUZZ-FM
* KVLI
* KVPM
* KWAC
* KXTT

Radio stations in the San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Fresno
Merced
Modesto
Stockton
Visalia-Tulare-Hanford

Other nearby regions
Eastern Sierra
Lancaster-Palmdale
Los Angeles
Oxnard-Ventura
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria-Lompoc

See also
List of radio stations in California

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* t
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Sports radio stations in the state of California

Stations:|

* KATA - Arcata
* KAVL - Lancaster
* KBFP - Bakersfield
* KCBL - Fresno
* KESP - Modesto
* KFIG - Fresno
* KFPT - Clovis
* KGB - San Diego
* KGEO - Bakersfield
* KGMZ-FM - San Francisco
* KGO - San Francisco
* KHTK - Sacramento
* KHTY - Bakersfield
* KIFM - West Sacramento
* KLAA - Orange
* KLAC - Los Angeles
* KLOA - Ridgecrest
* KLZN - Susanville
* KNBR - San Francisco
* KNBR-FM - San Francisco
* KNRO - Redding
* KPAY - Chico
* KQTE - Helendale
* KSPN - Los Angeles
* KTCT - San Mateo
* KTMZ - Pomona
* KPWK - San Bernardino
* KWAC - Bakersfield
* KWFN - San Diego
* KWKW - Los Angeles
* KXTK - Arroyo Grande

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in California

See also
ESPN Radio
Fox Sports Radio
CBS Sports Radio
NBC Sports Radio
Sports Byline USA
SportsMap Radio

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ESPN Radio stations in the state of California

Full-time affiliates|

* Arcata KATA
* Fresno KFIG
* Helendale KQTE
* Los Angeles KSPN
* Orange KLAA
* Sacramento KIFM
* San Luis Obispo KXTK

Part-time affiliates|

* San Diego XEPRS
* San Mateo KTCT

See also
List of ESPN Radio affiliates

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in California

See also
ESPN Radio
Fox Sports Radio
CBS Sports Radio
NBC Sports Radio
Sports Byline USA
SportsMap Radio

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