KBRO

For the airport in Brownsville, Texas, assigned ICAO code KBRO, see Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport. For the low-power television station in Fort Collins, Colorado, see KBRO-LD.

KBRO in Bremerton and KNTB in Lakewood, both Washington, are a pair of simulcasting radio stations serving the Puget Sound region. KBRO broadcasts at 1490 kHz with 1,000 watts full-time while KNTB broadcasts at 1480 kHz with 1,000 watts day and 111 watts night. Both stations are owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Víspera del Fin.

KBRO

Simulcast of KLSY
Bremerton, Washington United States
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	La Estacion de la Familia
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Iglesia Pentecostal Víspera del Fin
Sister stations	KLDY
History
First air date	May 1947 (1947-05)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	48248
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	47°33′51.34″N 122°39′30.51″W
Translator(s)	100.3 K262DE (Bremerton)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	laestaciondelafamilia.org
Simulcast
KNTB
Lakewood, Washington United States
Frequency	1480 kHz
Ownership
Owner	Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera Del Fin
History
First air date	September 1978 (1978-09)
Technical information
Facility ID	26892
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts daytime 111 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	47°9′55.35″N 122°34′36.46″W
Translator(s)	92.1 K221FJ (Tacoma)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

KBRO, which signed on the air in May 1947, was the one-time sister station of the current KRWM during its early years as Bremerton's dominant community station. KNTB signed on the air as KQLA with an MOR and talk format in September 1978.

The two stations became simulcasts in 1998 as affiliates of the Triangle Radio Network, a service that targeted the LGBT community with a mix of music, talk, and specialty fare. Controversy, a lack of support from advertisers and signal coverage would force the stations to drop the network and, in the process, be sold to its current owners, in September 2000. After short terms of broadcasting oldies, and then a Hispanic Christian format, it settled into its current programming in 2005. Later, KLDY (in Lacey-Olympia, Washington) and K221FJ (an FM translator in Tacoma, Washington) were added to the network.

The stations then broadcast programming from ESPN Deportes Radio, alongside Spanish-language broadcasts of the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks.

On March 30, 2015, KBRO and KNTB went silent.

On May 22, 2015, KBRO returned to the air with a simulcast of Spanish contemporary Christian-formatted KLSY 93.7 FM.

On November 10, 2015, KNTB returned to the air, also simulcasting KLSY.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 48248 (KBRO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KBRO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 26892 (KNTB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KNTB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• FCC History Cards for KBRO