the station would operate under that license and call letters—and filed a bankruptcy petition that August, showing $88,000 in debts to just $10,000 in assets. That May, he had filed to sell the silent KNOG for $80,000 to John W. Bonnett Jr., Peter O'Crotty, and Kenneth Hemmerle. By the time the application had hit the FCC, a new partner had entered: Lloyd Burlingham, who had owned the station between 1959 and 1961. The new owners would have relocated the station from the La Hacienda Motor Hotel, to which KNOG had moved, back to the Rancho Grande. However, this application was never consummated, and the license was canceled. The KNOG call letters were assigned on June 30, 1978, to a college radio station in Havre, Montana, which changed to KNMC in 1985. The call letters would return to Nogales when KNOG, a noncommercial Christian FM station, signed on December 16, 1995. KFBR Before 1965 was over, an applicant had stepped into the void formed by KNOG's closure. Frank Baranowski, a motel and restaurant owner, filed with the FCC on November 1 for a construction permit for a new station on 1340. Baranowski's application was granted on February 1, 1967. KFBR acquired the former KNOG facilities in a sheriff's auction and went on the air September 29, 1967. The new station carried English-language programming during the daytime hours and Spanish-language shows at night and was affiliated with KTAR's Arizona Broadcasting System. KFBR signed on September 29, 1967. Baranowski died in 1975. In 1981, KFBR had a format of middle-of-the-road music with a handful of Spanish programs, as well as affiliation with the ABC Information network and CBS. It was a small operation, with just three full-time and three part-time employees. KFBR finally got competition in Nogales, Arizona, when Top 40-formatted KAYN 98.3 signed on in 1978; the station later moved toward Tucson. The station remained on the air throughout the 1980s with a country format, finally being reported silent in April 1993. The license renewal was dismissed and KFBR call letters deleted in August 1993. References External links FCC History Cards for KFBR 1967 establishments in Arizona 1993 disestablishments in Arizona Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1967 Radio stations disestablished in 1993 Nogales, Arizona FBR FBR