KEZY (1240 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC. KEZY and its sister stations

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and

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serve Southern California with Spanish Christian programming, and are branded Radio Inspiración.

History

The station initially signed on in 1948 as KRNO. On October 26, 1970, the station changed its call sign to KBON. On August 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to KDIG; on July 27, 1987, to KLFE; on August 1, 1995, to KKLA; on August 30, 1999, to KLTH; and on September 27, 2000, to the current KEZY. KEZY joined the

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network

Radio Nueva Vida Radio Nueva Vida (''New Life'') is a Spanish-language Christian radio network based in Camarillo, California, United States. It is owned and operated by The Association for Community Education, Inc., a California non-profit 501(c)(3) organization ...

in 2002. Before that, it was a simulcast of

1390 AM, airing Christian teaching shows (such as ''Through the Bible'') and

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's talk show. It was also the play-by-play home of the

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of the

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of minor-league baseball in 2000 and carried some

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games as well. By 2019, the station had disaffiliated from Radio Nueva Vida, but continued to air a Spanish language Christian format as Radio Inspiración.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KEZY
EZY Mass media in San Bernardino, California EZY {{California-radio-station-stub