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KMBY
Monterey, California;
Broadcast area	Monterey, California
Frequency	1240 kHz
Branding	KMBY 1240 & 95.9 FM
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Hanford Youth Services Inc
History
First air date	1935 (as KDON at 1210)
Former call signs	KFUH (CP); KDON (1935–1949); KMBY (1949–1978); KESE (1978–1982); KNRY (1982–2020); KNBI (2020–2022);
Former frequencies	1210 kHz (1935–1941)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35276
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	36°36′56″N 121°53′54″W / 36.61556°N 121.89833°W
Translator(s)	95.9 K240EV (Monterey)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Stream
Website	kmbyradio.com

KMBY (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Monterey, California and serving the Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz areas. The station is owned by Hanford Youth Services and broadcasts a classic hits format. It simulcasts via FM Translator K240EV-FM on 95.9 MHz

History

The station went on the air in 1935 as KDON. It moved from 1210 to 1240 kHz in 1941 when NARBA took effect.^[1]

Saul Levine's Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc.,^[3] bought KNRY from IHR Educational Broadcasting in December 2013. The format was changed to jazz in early January 2014.^[4] In May 2014, KNRY dropped the jazz format and began stunting, first with a simulcast of Los Angeles classical station KMZT-FM ("K-Mozart") and then with a loop of 25 alternative rock songs. On June 9, KNRY-FM (K294CA) became alternative rock "Alt 106.7." KNRY simulcast KMZT-FM.

On March 30, 2015, KNRY changed their format from a simulcast of classical-formatted KMZT-FM to adult standards, branded as "K-SURF 1240".^[5] The syndication was also heard on KKGO's HD2 subchannel in Los Angeles.

In April 2020, KNRY went silent.^[6] In October 2020, Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters transferred the station to Hanford Youth Services Inc but retained the call letters and studio equipment.^[7] The donation was consummated on December 7, 2020.

Hanford Youth Services relaunched the station as oldies-formatted KNBI—branded KMBY, using the call sign associated with this station between 1949 and 1978—in December 2020. The transfer required Hanford Youth Services to close its low-power FM station in Hanford, KOAD-LP, as a group cannot own a full-service and a low-power FM radio station at the same time.^[8] The KMBY call sign formally returned on April 20, 2022.^[9]