KXFG (92.9 FM) is a commercial country music radio station in Menifee, California, broadcasting to the south-western sections of the Riverside-

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, area. KXFG is a

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KFRG KFRG (95.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Bernardino, California, and broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino-Inland Empire radio market. KFRG airs a country music radio format calling itself "K-FROG" and is bel ...

. Its studios are in Colton and the transmitter site for KXFG is in

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. KXFG broadcasts and

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signal. On August 17, 2006, KFRG became the only

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radio station that could be heard in the

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area by default, as

KZLA KZLA (98.3 FM, "Old School 98.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Riverdale, California. The station is owned by Riverdale Broadcasting, LLC. History The station was assigned the KHRN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission ...

changed its programming format to

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, until October 28, 2006, when

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 ...

changed its programming format from adult standards to

to fill void in the

area. KFRG had been focusing more on

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and

area news and traffic since the demise of

, but on February 23, 2007, KKGO moved its Country format and call letters to its FM sister station, thus bringing a full-powered FM Country music station back the nation's second largest radio market after a six-month absence. In October 2006, KFRG added the

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d overnight program, After Midnite, from

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which is hosted by

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. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with

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. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th. Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger
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Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball Games

During

Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The Storm plays their home games at Lake Elsinore Diamond (Pete Lehr Field), which opened in 1994; the park se ...

baseball games, KXFG formerly interrupted the KFRG simulcast to carry the team's play-by-play. It replaced

XEPE-AM XEPE-AM (1700 AM) is a radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, serving the San Diego–Tijuana area. XEPE is owned and operated by Media Sports de México, a company of businessman and former Baja California governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez ...

in 2009. , Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball games have moved to KMYT.

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