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| repeater =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1947|2|1}}<ref name="bc48"/>
| format = [[Tejano music|Tejano]]
| language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| power =
| erp =
| haat =
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| facility_id = 26002
| coordinates = {{coord|29|18|55|N|94|48|19|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=inline}}
| callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''G'''alveston '''B'''roadcasting '''C'''ompany<ref name="gd050903"/> <br /> or '''K'''eep '''G'''alveston '''B'''eaches '''C'''lean (as formerly promoted on air)
| former_callsigns =
| owner = SIGA Broadcasting, Inc.
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'''KGBC''' (1540 [[AM broadcasting|AM
{{Asof|1989}} it is the only radio station in Galveston.<ref>{{cite web |last=Long |first=Steven |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_652717 |title=KGBC: tuned in to danger/Galveston's only radio station offers quirky mix |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=1989-09-26 |accessdate=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013020445/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_652717 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===KGBC-FM Launches===
After 17 years of continuous operation by Galveston Broadcasting Company, KGBC was sold to Harbor Broadcasting Company, Inc., effective December 20, 1964. On February 11, 1968, KGBC's new owners launched an [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[sister station]] as "KGBC-FM" (106.1 FM).<ref name="bc71"/> In 1974, the FM station was sold, moved to 106.5 FM, and re-licensed as "KUFO".<ref name="bc79"/> With shifting ownership and declining fortunes, the station became "KXKX" in 1979 and "KQQK" in 1986 before signing off forever and having its license cancelled by the FCC in March 1989.<ref name="fcc40427"/> {{As of|2011|12}}, the 106.5 frequency is occupied by an unrelated [[Spanish-language|Spanish]]
===Siga Purchases KGBC===
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