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KERN
KERN (1180 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Wasco-Greenacres, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. It airs a talk radio radio format and is owned by American General Media. The station's studios and offices are in the American General Media complex on Easton Drive in Bakersfield. Weekdays begin with a local news and interview show, "First Look with Scott Cox". Ralph Bailey hosts another local show in afternoon drive time. The rest of the weekday schedule comes from nationally syndicated conservative talk programs: Armstrong & Getty, The Charlie Kirk Show, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Ag Today and Red Eye Radio. Weekends feature shows on health, money, real estate, home repair, law and computers. Weekend syndicated shows include Kim Komando, Bill Cunningham and Bruce DuMont. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall Radio News with local news from the KERN newsroom. KERN is the flagship station of the Bakersfield College Renegades sports teams and Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball.
Article summary
KERN (1180 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Wasco-Greenacres, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. It airs a talk radio radio format and is owned by American General Media. The station's studios and offices are in the American General Media complex on Easton Drive in Bakersfield. Weekdays begin with a local news and interview show, "First Look with Scott Cox". Ralph Bailey hosts another local show in afternoon drive time. The rest of the weekday schedule comes from nationally syndicated conservative talk programs: Armstrong & Getty, The Charlie Kirk Show, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Ag Today and Red Eye Radio. Weekends feature shows on health, money, real estate, home repair, law and computers. Weekend syndicated shows include Kim Komando, Bill Cunningham and Bruce DuMont. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall Radio News with local news from the KERN newsroom. KERN is the flagship station of the Bakersfield College Renegades sports teams and Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball.
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