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| | In the fictional universe of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', '''KBBL''' is the [[radio call sign|call sign]] used for [[radio]] and [[television]] stations that broadcast from [[Springfield (the Simpsons)|Springfield]]. All three are owned by the fictional '''KBBL Broadcasting Inc.''' | | In the fictional universe of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', '''KBBL''' is the [[radio call sign|call sign]] used for [[radio]] and [[television]] stations that broadcast from [[Springfield (the Simpsons)|Springfield]]. All three are owned by the fictional '''KBBL Broadcasting Inc.''' |
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| − | '''KBBL-FM'''Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text herefrequency is 102.5 FM, and its morning show is hosted by [[List of celebrities in The Simpsons#Bill and Marty|Bill and Marty]].
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| − | Its co-owned [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] sister station with pudding masters, '''KBBL''' at 970 AM, although until recently it was at 580 AM, is a [[talk radio]] station and one of its shows is hosted by [[Birch Barlow]] (a [[Rush Limbaugh]] [[parody]]) and another by [[Jerry Rude]] (a [[Howard Stern]] [[parody]]). This station also covers sporting events. Coincidentally, there was once a real-world KBBL-AM, with a sports talk format, at 1250 AM in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] (the station is now [[KZTD]]). According to one episode, KBBL's slogan is "No sports, no rock, no information; for mindless chatter, we're your station," leading to the call letters "KBBL", or "K-Babble".
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| − | KBBL at 970 has recently been seen covering baseball games. It's logo is big red letters written down.
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| − | Que BBL at 640 AM is believed to have a similar format although in Spanish.
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| − | '''KBBL-TV''' or '''KBBL-DT''' (in recent episodes) (Channel 6) is the fictional television station in Springfield, the home of television personalities [[Kent Brockman]], [[Krusty the Clown]], and [[Itchy & Scratchy]]. Its slogan is "We're Channel 6, Just Catch Us Now!" (parody of [[NBC]]'s 1982-1983 promotional slogan "We're NBC Just Watch Us Now"). Channel 6 is believed to be the local [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] affiliate. It's logo is a red [[6 (number)|six]] inside a yellow [[circle]], with a black outline
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| − | In the real world, there are a few television stations using the KBBL calls: Former [[The WB Television Network|WB]] affiliate [[KBBL-TV]] channel 34 in [[Eureka Springs, Arkansas]] (Now [[KPBI-TV]], located in the market of real-life [[Springfield, Missouri]] (but actually serving the [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]-[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] market), which changed to those calls from KWFT on [[July 6]], [[2006]] and joined [[My Network TV]], and the Springfield-[[City of license|licensed]] [[Low-power broadcasting|low-power]] relay of another MNT affiliate, [[KWBM]] channel 31 in [[Harrison, Arkansas]], which picked up the call sign on [[July 14]], [[2006]]. Prior to July 14, the KBBL call sign was used by the [[Univision]] affiliate in Fort Smith, [[KWNL-CA]] channel 9 [[Winslow, Arkansas]]. The choice of KBBL call letters by [[Equity Broadcasting]], parent of all three stations, likely was not influenced by ''The Simpsons''; Equity likes to use former radio call letters from its hometown of [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] as TV call letters, and KBBL was once used by KBBL-AM (see above) and perhaps an FM station. However, since KWBM (and thus the new KBBL-CA) will be affiliates of MyNetworkTV (owned by Fox), it's still possible that the move of KBBL-CA to real-life Springfield was ''Simpsons''-related.
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