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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]] religious station licensed as "[[KOVE-FM]]".
 
In the '70s, KGBC's studios were handed over on Saturday mornings to students in Ball High School's Radio and TV Production class, taught by Rosalind "Roz" K. Dricks. The high schoolers wrote and produced a three-hour program, complete with news and advertising. Several students went on to careers in journalism and entertainment after starting at the local radio station.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
 
Listeners from the 70s and 80s will never forget Sports Director Woody Carson, the society reporter Francis Kay Harris, or the "Galveston Talking" ladies.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
 
Cathy Cundiff was KGBC News Director from 1973 until 1978, when she moved to Houston's KHOU, Channel 11, where she remained until 2000.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} She's now a manager with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
 
===Siga Purchases KGBC===