KGBC
| City | Galveston, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | Galveston's Own |
| Frequency | 1540 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 101.5 K268DE (Galveston) |
| First air date |
1540: February 1, 1947 101.5: November 18, 2016 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 0.0  (current, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power |
1540: 2,500 watts (day) 250 watts (night) |
| ERP | 101.5: 250 watts |
| HAAT | 101.5: 64 meters (210 ft) |
| Class |
1540: B 101.5: D |
| Facility ID |
1540: 26002 101.5: 147268 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°18′55″N 94°48′19″W / 29.31528°N 94.80528°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Galveston Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | SIGA Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KAML, KFJZ, KHFX, KLVL, KTMR |
| Website | http://www.kgbcradio.com/ |
For the television station in Meridian, Mississippi, see WGBC-TV.
KGBC (1540 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Galveston, Texas. The station, established in 1947, is owned by SIGA Broadcasting, Inc., of Houston, Texas. The current format is a Classic Hits paired with local news and features.
In 2016, after 69 years of broadcasting as "1540 KGBC", Siga changed the station's image to reflect the new 101.5 translator dial position attached to the heritage AM.
KGBC's Texas sister stations with SIGA Broadcasting include KTMR (1130 AM, Converse), KLVL (1480 AM, Pasadena), KAML (990 AM, Kenedy-Karnes City), KHFX (1140 AM, Cleburne), and KFJZ (870 AM, Fort Worth).
In the early 2000s, the station carried a Catholic radio format. It later shifted to non-English programming until being forced off the air by Hurricane Ike in September 2008. The station resumed full-power broadcasting in February 2009 with a mix of local talk radio and [[classic hits..
Struggling financially as Galveston recovered from the hurricane and the late-2000s recession, KGBC began leasing all the station's airtime to one of China's state-owned media companies, China Radio International, under a local marketing agreement in January 2010. As CRI is government-owned, it often adopted the government stance on political issues. In December 2015, China Radio International was dropped from the station.
...
Wikipedia