KFBK (AM)
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| City | Sacramento, California |
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| Broadcast area | Sacramento and |
| Branding | NewsRadio KFBK |
| Slogan | Sacramento's 24-Hour News, Traffic and Weather Station |
| Frequency | 1530 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | February 2, 1922 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 10145 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°50′54.00″N 121°28′58.00″W / 38.8483333°N 121.4827778°W |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBEB, KFBK-FM, KHYL, KQJK, KSTE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kfbk.com |
KFBK (1530 AM) is a radio station in Sacramento, California broadcasting on a frequency of 1530 kHz. KFBK is a class A station owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications). It used to be designated as a class "I-B" station, sharing Class A status on 1530 AM with WCKY in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station boasts the highest field strength of any AM station in the United States. KFBK is also simulcast on KFBK-FM at 93.1 MHz. The station has studios in North Sacramento near Arden Fair Mall, and its transmitter is near Pleasant Grove.
KFBK's daytime signal covers much of the northern portion of the state, from the northern Sacramento Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area and the fringes of the Central Valley. At night, it reaches much of the western half of North America.
KFBK's history reaches back to station KVQ (first license issued: February 2, 1922), which shut down later that year after listener complaints about interference. KVQ's facilities were sold to the Kimball-Upson Music Store and the Sacramento Union newspaper.
Later, Kimball-Upson sold out to The McClatchy Company, a local, family-owned company which owned the Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee and Fresno Bee newspapers. In addition to KFBK, McClatchy would eventually acquire radio stations in the same markets, KBEE in Modesto and KMJ in Fresno. From 1964 to 1978, KFBK was a sister station to Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto TV station KOVR. The cluster of KFBK, KBEE and KOVR was possible because Sacramento and Modesto, then as now, are separate radio markets.
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