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KBLE
KBLE (1050 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious radio format licensed and serving the Seattle/Puget Sound area.
The station was originally licensed to Kirkland. The station signed on in 1948 as KRKL; in 1953, the station switched its call sign to KNBX. In 1963, it changed call sign to KNBK; then, in 1964, it switched to the current KBLE and was relicensed to Seattle. In the same year, the station launched an FM simulcasting counterpart, located at 93.3 FM
on the air on May 6, 1964, as KBLE-FM. It was owned by Eastside Broadcasting, as the sister station to KNBX-AM 1050. While KNBX aired country music, KBLE-FM aired a Christian radio format. It was powered at 6,600 watts, a fraction of its current output.
Within a few years, the formats were flipped. KBLE-FM began playing country music while the AM station changed its call letters to KBLE and served as a Christian radio station. KBLE-FM's