KERI (AM)
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KERN is a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 broadcasting a News/talk
Talk radio
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 format. Licensed to Wasco
Wasco, California
Wasco is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. Wasco is located northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 328 feet...

-Greenacres, California
Greenacres, California
Greenacres is a census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is located west of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 381 feet...

, USA, the station serves the Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....

, area. The station is currently owned by American General Media.

History

KERN signed on the air at the 1410 AM frequency in 1927. In the 1970s programming consisted of Top 40 music from the 1950s through the 1970s. Johnny Mitchell, Program Director and Phil Drake, Music Director took this fledgling station to a solid number one in 1973, soundly crushing its competitor, KAFY 550 AM, from its throne. In the early 70s the station was a popular choice for Top 40 music in Bakersfield. It was also among the first stations to carry "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem" beginning on July 4, 1972. It switched to talk in the late 70's when FM became the standard band for music.

KERN most recently broadcast a Christian music
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....

 format as KERI The Christian Station. On December 29, 2008, KERN, which had been broadcasting on 1410 AM, started simulcasting on 1180 AM to get listeners used to the new frequency as part of an announced frequency swap with KERI. The KERN call sign was officially moved from 1410 AM, where they had been since 1927, to 1180 on December 30, 2008 and the KERI call sign was moved to 1410 AM. On January 1, 2009, the Christian music format was reunited with the KERI call sign on 1410 AM.

The station is owned by American General Media and among its sister stations are soft adult contemporary KGFM
KGFM
KGFM is a radio station licensed to Bakersfield, California. The station is owned by American General Media and licensed to AGM California...

 adult hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...

 KKXX-FM, sports radio
Sports radio
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 KGEO
KGEO
KGEO is a radio station broadcasting a News/talk format. Licensed to Bakersfield, California, USA, it serves inland central California. The station was assigned the KGEO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 18, 1981.- History :In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s the station's...

, christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 talk station KERI
Keri
Keri is a Hebrew term which literally means "happenstance", "frivolity" or "contrariness" and has come to mean "seminal emission". The term is generally used in Jewish law to refer specifically to the regulations and rituals concerning the emission of semen, whether by nocturnal emission, or by...

, top 40 station KISV
KISV
KISV is a Rhythmic Top 40 music formatted radio station based in Bakersfield, California. The American General Media outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 4.5 kW.-History:...

, and Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....

 station KEBT
KEBT
KEBT is a radio station licensed to Bakersfield, California, USA. The station is owned by American General Media of California.. The station airs a Spanish music format.-History:...

.

KERN is the flagship station of the Bakersfield College
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield College is a public community college located in Bakersfield, California, USA. Bakersfield College has an official Twitter account at @bcrenegades and an official...

 Renegades.

Programming

KERN is affiliated with ABC Radio, from which it airs Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...

 and Mark Levin
Mark Levin
Mark Reed Levin is a lawyer, author and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. Levin served in the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese...

, as well as Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network is an American radio network providing talk radio programming, with an emphasis on conservative talk on weekdays and variety/general interest talk radio on weekends. Some of the most recognizable personalities in American radio, such as Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, are...

, from which it airs Michael Savage
Michael Savage (commentator)
Michael Savage is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...

, Jerry Doyle
Jerry Doyle (actor)
Jerry Doyle is an American talk radio host, conservative political commentator, and television actor. His nationally-syndicated talk show, The Jerry Doyle Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...

 and numerous weekend hosts. Local hosts heard on the station include Jeff Lemuchhi, Theresa Ebreo, and Scott Cox. KERN also airs Earl Pitts Uhmerikun
Earl Pitts (radio character)
Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as "Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun" is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States...

during its morning show.

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