The station went on the air in 1935 as KDON. It moved from 1210 to 1240 kHz in 1941 when
NARBA took effect. Saul Levine's
Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc., bought KNRY from
IHR Educational Broadcasting in December 2013. The format was changed to
jazz in early January 2014. In May 2014, KNRY dropped the jazz format and began
stunting, first with a simulcast of Los Angeles
classical station
KMZT ("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". The
syndication was also heard on
KKGO's
HD2 subchannel in Los Angeles. In April 2020, KNRY went
silent. In October 2020, Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters transferred the station to
Hanford Youth Services Inc but retained the callsign and studio equipment. 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. The KMBY call sign formally returned on April 20, 2022. ==References==