KBEB
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| City | Sacramento, California |
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| Broadcast area | Sacramento, California |
| Branding | 92.5 The Bull |
| Slogan | #1 For New Country in Sacramento |
| Frequency | 92.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1947 (as KFBK-FM) |
| Format |
Country HD2: News/Talk (KFBK-FM simulcast) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 137 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 10146 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°42′26″N 121°28′33″W / 38.70722°N 121.47583°W |
| Former callsigns | KFBK-FM (1947-1978) KAER (1978-1991) KGBY (1991-2011) KFBK-FM (2011-2014) KHLX (1/3/2014-1/20/2014) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KFBK, KFBK-FM, KHYL, KYRV, KSTE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thebullsacramento.com |
KBEB (92.5 FM, 92.5 The Bull) is a radio station that is airing a country music format. Licensed to Sacramento, California, United States, it serves the Sacramento area. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station has studios in North Sacramento near Arden Fair Mall, and its transmitter is near Rio Linda.
For many years, 92.5 FM was branded simply as "Y-92 FM, The Adult Choice" (with the call letters KGBY). The station was owned by AM-FM broadcasting from 1994–2000, and became part of the Clear Channel family after AM-FM and Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) merged. In 2000, the station briefly added a heavy number of country-based current hits, including songs by Billy Gillman, Lee Ann Womack, Lonestar, and Faith Hill. In 2001, the station re-branded itself as "Y-92.5, Today's Hits & Yesterday's Favorites" (resurrecting the slogan from 1988 when Group W originated the slogan after dumping the KAER call letters.) The station began using the "Best Mix in Denver" (KIMN) jingle package (created by the legendary JAM Creative Productions, in Dallas, TX), including the famous "Y-92.5 KGBY, Sacramento" top-of-the-hour jingle.
The 2002-03 weekday line-up included Paul Robbins & Phil Cowan (mornings 5:30-9 -- KGBY's morning show since the 1980s), Mary Ellen Murphy (middays, 9-2 -- voicetracked from a Clear Channel Communications station in Grand Rapids, MI) and Dana Hess (afternoons, 2-7). Night programming varied, including a local love songs show in early 2003, and a brief stint using John Tesh's syndicated show in Fall 2003. On Friday, November 14, 2003, Y92.5 surprised listeners by switching to an All-Christmas format. For the next six weeks, listeners listened to a catalog of over 300 Christmas tunes, including staples such as Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" and John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (both songs were played once every four hours, on the hour) to unusual tracks such as "Light In The Stable" by Emmylou Harris. The station continued running six weeks of all Christmas music in the 2004 & 2005 holiday seasons; the number of weeks devoted to Christmas music was reduced to four in 2006.
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