After nearly 90 years in Yuma, Arizona, 560 KBLU has ceased operations and gone silent.
At 6:30 PM on Saturday evening, the station went silent as El Dorado Broadcasters ended the news/talk format.
560 KBLU can trace its roots back to KYUM, which began on March 3, 1940, before later merging with daytime-only 1320 AM KBLU in 1967. That merger was officially approved in 1969 by the FCC.
The station aired a mostly nationally syndicated lineup. Its morning show, however, was helmed by Russ Clark.
Clark has revealed he’ll continue to host a daily morning show. He’ll continue to helm the program on Facebook Live. The first edition of his live digital video show debuted on Monday morning.
The end of 560 KBLU comes as El Dorado Broadcasters struck a deal to sell its Yuma cluster in November for $375,000 to K-Love Inc. Country 95.1 KTTI and Classic Hits 100.9 The River were included in the deal, but the news/talk station was not.
El Dorado Broadcasters purchased the cluster, including 560 KBLU, in 2007. It had previously been owned by Clear Channel.
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