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{{short description|Radio station in Bremerton, Washington}} {{hatnote group| {{about||the airport in Brownsville, Texas, assigned ICAO code KBRO|Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport|the low-power television station in Fort Collins, Colorado|KBRO-LD}}

}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | name = KBRO | above = Simulcast of KLSY | logo = | city = Bremerton, Washington | country = US | area = | branding = {{lang|es|La Estacion de la Familia}} | frequency = 1480 kHz | translator = {{Radio Relay|100.3|K262DE|Bremerton}} | airdate = {{Start date|1947|5|1}} | format = Contemporary Christian | language = Spanish | power = {{ubl|5,000 watts daytime|12 watts nighttime}} | class = D | facility_id = 48248 | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates = {{coord|47|33|52.3|N|122|39|34.5|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = 1490 kHz (1947–2026) | affiliations = | owner = Iglesia Pentecostal Víspera del Fin | licensee = | sister_stations = KLDY | webcast = {{listenlive|http://streaming.lardesign.net:8000/seattle}} | website = {{URL|http://laestaciondelafamilia.org}} | embed_header = Former simulcast | embedded = {{Infobox radio station | name = KNTB | city = Lakewood, Washington | country = US | frequency = 1480 kHz | owner = Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera Del Fin | licensee = | operator = | airdate = {{start date|1978|9}} | last_airdate = {{end date|2026|3}} | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | callsign_meaning =  | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 26892 | class = D | power = {{ubl|1,000 watts daytime|111 watts nighttime}} | coordinates = {{coord|47|9|55.35|N|122|34|36.46|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark|name=KNTB}} | translators = {{Radio Relay|92.1|K221FJ|Tacoma}} | child = yes }} }}

'''KBRO''' (1480 AM) is a radio station in Bremerton, Washington, United States, serving the Puget Sound region. KBRO broadcasts with 5,000 watts daytime and 12 watts nighttime, and is owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Víspera del Fin. Until 2026, KBRO operated on 1490 kHz with 1,000 watts full-time, and was simulcast on '''KNTB''' in Lakewood, Washington, at 1480 kHz with 1,000 watts day and 111 watts night.

==History== KBRO, which signed on the air on May 1, 1947,<ref>{{cite news |title=First Radio Station Here: KBRO 'Hits Air' Tomorrow at 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kitsap-sun-first-radio-station-here-kbr/187176018/ |access-date=December 20, 2025 |newspaper=The Bremerton Sun |date=April 30, 1947 |location=Bremerton, Washington |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> was the one-time sister station of the current KRWM during its early years as Bremerton's dominant community station. KNTB signed on the air as KQLA with an MOR and talk format in September 1978.

The two stations became simulcasts in 1998 as affiliates of the Triangle Radio Network, a service that targeted the LGBT community with a mix of music, talk, and specialty fare. Controversy, a lack of support from advertisers and signal coverage would force the stations to drop the network and, in the process, be sold to its current owners, in September 2000. After a short term of broadcasting oldies, the stations moved to a Hispanic Christian format in 2005. Later, KLDY (in Lacey-Olympia, Washington) and K221FJ (an FM translator in Tacoma, Washington) were added to the network.

The stations then broadcast programming from ESPN Deportes Radio, alongside Spanish-language broadcasts of the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks.

On March 30, 2015, KBRO and KNTB went silent. On May 22, 2015, KBRO returned to the air with a simulcast of Spanish contemporary Christian-formatted KLSY 93.7 FM. On November 10, 2015, KNTB returned to the air, also simulcasting KLSY.

The Federal Communications Commission cancelled KNTB's license on March 3, 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-419234A1.pdf |title=FCC Daily Digest Public Notice: Actions|work=Federal Communications Commission|date=March 3, 2026|access-date=March 5, 2026}}</ref> The closure of KNTB was necessary so that KBRO could move from 1490 kHz to 1480 kHz and increase its daytime power.<ref name="ri-kntbclosure">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=FCC Report 3/8: FCC To Vote On Series Of Rule Adjustments |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/342465/fcc-report-3-8-fcc-to-vote-on-series-of-rule-adjustments/ |access-date=March 9, 2026 |work=RadioInsight |date=March 8, 2026}}</ref>

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==External links== {{AM station data|48248|KBRO}} {{AM station data|26892|KNTB}} *[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=32031 FCC History Cards for KBRO]

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