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

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 ce ...

, area. KXFG is a

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of KFRG in

. Its studios are in Colton and the transmitter site for KXFG is in Murrieta. KXFG broadcasts and HD Radio 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 Orange County 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

Blair Garner Blair Garner is an American radio personality best known for his work in country radio. Garner spent over two decades as a nationally syndicated overnight disc jockey, first hosting ''After Midnite'' for Premiere Networks and then ''The Blair Gar ...

. 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 s ...

baseball games, KXFG formerly interrupted the KFRG simulcast to carry the team's play-by-play. It replaced XEPE-AM in 2009. , Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball games have moved to KMYT.

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