KMBY (1240 AM) is a

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licensed to

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and serving the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas. The station is owned by Hanford Youth Services and broadcasts an

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format.

History

The station went on the air in 1935 as KDON. It moved from 1210 to 1240 kHz in 1941 when

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took effect. Saul Levine's

Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc. Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc., a subsidiary of Mt. Wilson Broadcasting Inc., is a Los Angeles-based radio broadcasting company owned by Saul Levine. The company was founded in 1959, and Levine is the only independent operator of an FM commer ...

, bought KNRY from

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in December 2013. The format was changed to jazz in early January 2014. In May 2014, KNRY dropped the jazz format and began stunting, first with a simulcast of Los Angeles classical station KMZT-FM ("K-Mozart") and then with a loop of 25 alternative rock songs. On June 9, KNRY-FM (

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) became

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"Alt 106.7." KNRY simulcast KMZT-FM. On March 30, 2015, KNRY changed their format from a simulcast of classical-formatted KMZT-FM to adult standards, branded as "K-SURF 1240". The syndication was also heard on

KKGO KKGO (105.1 FM, "Go Country 105") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States and serves the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters and airs a country music for ...

's HD2 subchannel in Los Angeles. In April 2020, KNRY went silent. In October 2020, Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters donated the station to Hanford Youth Services Inc but retained the call letters and studio equipment. The donation was consummated on December 7, 2020. Hanford Youth Services relaunched the station as oldies-formatted KNBI—branded KMBY, using the call sign associated with this station between 1949 and 1978—in December 2020. The donation required Hanford Youth Services to close its low-power FM station in Hanford,

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, as a group cannot own a full-service and a low-power FM radio station at the same time. The KMBY call sign formally returned on April 20, 2022.

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