KRCG-FM is a non-commercial

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licensed to

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, serving Santa Rosa,

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, Cloverdale, Geyserville,

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, Forestville, Calistoga and surrounding areas in

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. KRCG-FM is owned and operated by Northern California Public Media. This station transmitted with callsign KRCB-FM until Northern California Public Media acquired the 104.9 FM frequency licensed to

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, then commercial station KDHT, in 2021; the transaction was spurred when the

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destroyed the tower used for the 91.1 facility. The move to 104.9 gave Northern California Public Media a full-powered signal in the Santa Rosa area, and the KRCB-FM callsign was given to the bigger signal. Consequently, the KRCG-FM callsign was allocated to 91.1.

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In addition to the main station, KRCG-FM is relayed by an FM

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to widen its broadcast area.

References

External links

Radio 91 Online
1994 establishments in California Public radio stations in the United States NPR member stations Radio stations established in 1994 RCG-FM {{California-radio-station-stub