KFBR was a radio station on 1340 AM serving Nogales, Arizona. It operated from 1967 to 1993 and was the successor to KNOG, which broadcast on the same frequency from 1948 to 1965. KNOG was the first radio station in Nogales, Arizona, and for its entire existence until 1978, KNOG/KFBR was the only English-language radio station in the city. History KNOG KNOG went on the air July 25, 1948, as the first radio station in Nogales, Arizona. It was owned by the Border Broadcasting Company and established studios in the Rancho Grande Hotel. The new station broadcast on 1340 kHz with 250 watts. Originally slated for a June 1 launch, the station did not hit the air until July 25. Shortly after going on air, on August 1, it joined the Don Lee Network and Mutual Broadcasting System through its regional affiliate: the Arizona Network, led by KOOL in Phoenix. KNOG joining Don Lee occurred simultaneously with the launch of another Arizona Network station, KCKY in Coolidge. Within its first six months of operation, KNOG had a bone to pick with its Mexican competition, alleging that XEHF in Nogales, Sonora, had illegally retransmitted the Mutual broadcast of the 1948 World Series that KNOG was carrying, though XEHF said it had picked up reports of the Series from a Mexico City shortwave section. Mexican authorities issued a warning to the station, which then proceeded to rebroadcast Associated Press news reports from the Arizona Daily Star (KNOG was a United Press station), prompting the wire service to lodge a formal complaint with Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The United States Department of State also made a formal complaint in the World Series piracy case. The investigation revealed that XEHF had secured permission direct from Gillette, the sponsor of the broadcasts, to carry them, bypassing KNOG and Mutual completely. KNOG was not in operation a year before it was sold, the first of many station sales in the station's history. Landon Young of La Quinta, California, acquired Border in June 1949 and immediately took over management. However, the sale was never finalized, and in August 1950, Young sued Border to recover the $2,100 loss he had incurred running the radio station for a month. Border was able to successfully sell KNOG in 1952, when the Old Pueblo Broadcasting Company, owners of KOPO in Tucson and 95 percent of KOOL, paid $20,000 for the