About KBRITE Christian Radio

About Us

KBRITE is the Southland’s longest standing Christian radio station. Our teaching and talk programs consistently honor God and Country and have taught the five-county region, comprised of tens of millions of people, about our Lord, Jesus Christ, for more than 40 years. AM-740 (and AM-1240 in San Diego) educates, motivates, and activates our listening family with many of the nation’s best Bible teachers who are categorically strong in the Word; offer Godly encouragement; answer Biblical questions; and examine current events from a Christian worldview. KBRITE is God’s station and your first source for current, Christian enlightenment and edification.

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A Family History

We see our call for the future partly in the roots of its past. Pioneer Christian broadcaster Percy Crawford brought the gospel to millions in the 30s and 40s on radio and TV – including a top-rated evangelism-oriented program on NBC. However, in the 50’s Percy Crawford watched as more and more ministries were denied access to network airtime. Seeing the writing on the wall, he began Crawford Broadcasting to buy his own stations to continue preaching the Gospel without interference or censure.  KBRITE was added to the Crawford Broadcasting family in 1980 to offer God and Country-honoring programming into Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire. In 2014, we added AM 1240 to the family, reaching an even broader section of San Diego.

1932: Dr. Percy B. Crawford, having graduated from seminary, began the very first religious network radio program “Young People’s Church of the Air.” It aired on some 400+ Mutual Radio Network stations with outlets in every state of the Union, and broadcast live from Philadelphia for some 25 years. (Dr. Crawford was also the founder and first president of The King’s College in New York City.)

1955: Dr. Crawford, concerned about the accessibility of broadcast time for Christian programs (esp. on the Mutual Radio Network and ABC Network of stations), founded the Crawford Broadcasting Company. Dr. Crawford believed that Christian ownership of broadcast properties would guarantee access to prime time for the future.

1958: Dr. Crawford devised a strategic business plan for the acquisition of radio stations for Christian programming. From 1958 to 1960 several stations were purchased, or construction permits for new stations granted by the FCC, including Chicago (WYCA-FM), Lancaster, PA (WDAC-FM), Detroit (WMUZ-FM), and Buffalo (WDCX-FM…construction permit.)

1960: Dr. Percy B. Crawford passed away (suddenly) with the radio station operation left in the hands of his wife (Ruth) and their five children. The stations were managed by the oldest son, Donald B. Crawford. Understanding the complexities of the broadcast industry, the FCC, etc., Donald Crawford enrolled in law school, even while managing his family’s broadcasting company, and received his law degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. (Donald Crawford served as President of the company for his family until 1979, when the station ownership interests were divided among the family. The major market stations were then purchased by Donald B. Crawford and thus began the Crawford Broadcasting Company of today.)

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