KGGI
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KGGI is a commercial radio station
in Riverside, California
, broadcasting to the Riverside
-San Bernardino, California
area on 99.1 FM
. The station airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format owned by Clear Channel Communications
.
The signal of the station can be heard in areas adjacent to the Inland Empire
region; sensitive radio tuners such as car radios in cities as far west as Santa Monica
, down south to San Diego and has reached towards Palm Springs
.
format prior to 1979 with the call letters KBBL. The original chief engineer, who signed KGGI on the air, was Lee McGowan. The original airstaff included program director Brian White, along with Bob West, Lisa Giles, Dan Harrison, Cliff Roberts, and Benny Martinez. The original station staff, including these DJs, are coming together for a 30-year reunion of 99-1 in July, 2009. The consultant who crafted the station's original format was Jerry Clifton. KGGI aired a Top 40 music format that evolved into the Rhythmic Top 40 music format of today.
Middays: KC (Promotions Director)
Afternoons: Jesse Duran (Program Director)
Nights: ODM
Monday Nights: Freddy Rivera (IE Top 20)
Overnights: Nick Nack
Weekends: Five Cent, Diana Wehbe, Jomo and Art Laboe.
(specifically female) and ages 18-29 markets. The KGGI Street Team consists of two street team members, and is sometimes partnered with a disc jocky. They are also there to help when there are live broadcasts that consist of the on-air jocks and/or mixers.
The current street team is headed by KC Morris and Nicole Orellana.
Radio station
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in Riverside, California
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
, broadcasting to the Riverside
Riverside, California
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-San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
area on 99.1 FM
FM broadcasting
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. The station airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
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.
The signal of the station can be heard in areas adjacent to the Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)
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region; sensitive radio tuners such as car radios in cities as far west as Santa Monica
Santa Mônica
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, down south to San Diego and has reached towards Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
.
History
KGGI aired a country musicCountry music
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format prior to 1979 with the call letters KBBL. The original chief engineer, who signed KGGI on the air, was Lee McGowan. The original airstaff included program director Brian White, along with Bob West, Lisa Giles, Dan Harrison, Cliff Roberts, and Benny Martinez. The original station staff, including these DJs, are coming together for a 30-year reunion of 99-1 in July, 2009. The consultant who crafted the station's original format was Jerry Clifton. KGGI aired a Top 40 music format that evolved into the Rhythmic Top 40 music format of today.
Airstaff
Morning Show: Jeff Pope and Evelyn ErivesMiddays: KC (Promotions Director)
Afternoons: Jesse Duran (Program Director)
Nights: ODM
Monday Nights: Freddy Rivera (IE Top 20)
Overnights: Nick Nack
Weekends: Five Cent, Diana Wehbe, Jomo and Art Laboe.
Street Team
The KGGI Street Team is the Promotions Team that goes out on the streets of Inland Empire and promotes the radio station and its advertising partners to the city, specifically targeting the urban, LatinaLatina
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(specifically female) and ages 18-29 markets. The KGGI Street Team consists of two street team members, and is sometimes partnered with a disc jocky. They are also there to help when there are live broadcasts that consist of the on-air jocks and/or mixers.
The current street team is headed by KC Morris and Nicole Orellana.