Early History
KFBK's history reaches back to station KVQ (first license issued: February 2, 1922), which shut down later that year after listener complaints about interference. KVQ's facilities were sold to the Kimball-Upson Music Store and the Sacramento Union newspaper.
Later, Kimball-Upson sold out to The McClatchy Company, a local, family-owned company which not only owned the Sacramento Bee newspaper, but also the Modesto Bee and Fresno Bee. In addition to KFBK, McClatchy would eventually take ownership of radio stations in the same markets, KBEE-AM in Modesto and KMJ-AM in Fresno. At one time, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto TV station KOVR was also owned by McClatchy along with KMJ in Fresno.
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