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Friday, August 18, 2006
K/MEN in the 2000s
About 4-5 years ago, I took some pictures of the K/MEN towers and former K/MEN studios. This was right after the fire that gutted out the building. I tried to ignore the grafitti on the building, but it's was there.
1290 studios are in an office complex on Iowa Avenue in Riverside. 1290 is Radio Disney. I belive they still share the building with 99.1 KGGI 590 KTIE, the phone book shows Inland Center Drive in San Bernardino.
The times I visited KMEN in the late 1960's were always after dark and I thought I remembered the studio building as a converted house? Was that correct? Was it replaced or extended?
I don't think it was a converted house, but it could have been. I also went out there in the late 60's and I seem to remember it being similar to it's ending state. It was in the middle of a field with no other buildings around, and was a radio station before it became KMEN.
prior to the inception of K/MEN, the station was known as KITO, established 1947. it was only after sale to Crowell-Collier that the call sign was changed along with a new Top format.
On October 1, 2020, iHeartMedia and Immaculate Heart Media announced a swap in which KKDD, along with W292DH in Pittsburgh, would be acquired by Immaculate Heart in exchange for WZAB in Miami; the swap saw KKDD join the Relevant Radio network. the new station format serves the Catholic audience.
About 4-5 years ago, I took some pictures of the K/MEN towers and former K/MEN studios. This was right after the fire that gutted out the building.
Sad pics.
ReplyDeleteSo where are the 1290 KMEN
current studios?
Where are the current 590 KTIE
studios?
IE radio fan
1290 studios are in an office complex on Iowa Avenue in Riverside. 1290 is Radio Disney. I belive they still share the building with 99.1 KGGI
ReplyDelete590 KTIE, the phone book shows Inland Center Drive in San Bernardino.
The times I visited KMEN in the late 1960's were always after dark and I thought I remembered the studio building as a converted house? Was that correct? Was it replaced or extended?
ReplyDeleteJohn from Fontana (back then)
I don't think it was a converted house, but it could have been. I also went out there in the late 60's and I seem to remember it being similar to it's ending state.
ReplyDeleteIt was in the middle of a field with no other buildings around, and was a radio station before it became KMEN.
Maybe someone else out there has the anwswer.
prior to the inception of K/MEN, the station was known as KITO, established 1947.
ReplyDeleteit was only after sale to Crowell-Collier that the call sign was changed along with a new Top format.
On October 1, 2020, iHeartMedia and Immaculate Heart Media announced a swap in which KKDD, along with W292DH in Pittsburgh, would be acquired by Immaculate Heart in exchange for WZAB in Miami; the swap saw KKDD join the Relevant Radio network.
ReplyDeletethe new station format serves the Catholic audience.