- KKDD
Infobox Radio station
name = KKDD
city = San Bernardino,California
area = Riverside-San Bernardino, California
branding = "AM 1290 Radio Disney"
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frequency = 1290kHz
format =Children's Radio
power = 5,000watt s day
5,000watt s night
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class = B
facility_id = 10134
coordinates = coord|34|7|27.00|N|117|14|14.00|W|region:GB_type:city
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former_callsigns = KMEN, KMRZ
owner =Clear Channel Communications
licensee = AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC
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website = [http://www.radio.disney.go.com go.com]
affiliations =Radio Disney KKDD is a commercial
radio station located inSan Bernardino, California , broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino area on 1290 AM. Owned byClear Channel Communications , KKDD airschildren's music programming syndicated byRadio Disney . The format consists ofmusic and other entertainment popular among children and preteens.History
The radio station was hugely popular playing
top 40 music in the 1960s as KMEN, "K/men 129", and battled crosstown rival KFXM (590) for ratings. A number of radio personalities, who were later heard in San Diego and Los Angeles, were featured on KMEN. These include, but are not limited to, Johnny Darin, Huckleberry (Chuck Clemans), William F. Williams, Jim Mitchell, Harry Scarborough, Bruce Chandler, Mark Denis and Dave Sebastian. Before it joined Radio Disney in2001 , this AM outlet (still as KMEN) played a variety of formats, includingadult standards ,oldies and talk. When theOakland Raiders played in Los Angeles, KMEN was the Inland Empire affiliate.Fact|date=December 2007On March 10, 2008, KMEN returned as an internet only station as www.kmen129.com.
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