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The Mighty KBC
The Mighty KBC history started back in the summer of 1974. A small FM transmitter was build and the name of this illegal station was K-PO. One year later K-PO changed from FM to Medium Wave for a short period. On Medium Wave in 1975 we used the name Radio Salerno, however that year the station was raided by the Dutch authorities several times. After our last raid on Medium Wave, we went back to FM till the end of the seventies, with the name K-PO was used again.

In 1980 we changed from FM to both Medium Wave and Shortwave. The next year being 1981 we were very active on both Medium Wave and Shortwave. In 1983 following the 5th raid the Dutch authorities we changed the name into KBC radio. In total KBC and some other radio projects has resulted in being raided by the Dutch authorities around ten times. The KBC people have been involved in many radio projects in and outside of Holland.

The KBC name has been used till today…. In the early nineties KBC was not on the air until the 23th of December 2006. The Mighty KBC 1386 kHz AM. In 2007 KBC started again with shortwave transmissions on 6255 kHz. So KBC is back with full power.... 500.000 Watts on Medium Wave and 100.000 Watts on Shortwave. In 2008 we will attempt to be on the air with a daily show on Shortwave of one hour. Nowadays KBC is totally legal and puts out the KBC programmes on the air and has been since 1989 when KBC Productions started as a legal a company.

KBC was founded in 1989 and started with audio productions. During that time, KBC received the American Top 40 each week, first hosted by DJ Casey Casem, followed by Shadow Stevens. After some editing, this 4 hour American Radio Show was broadcasted on a legal Belgium Radio Station called 'FM 107'. Amazingly the same program could be heard every Saturday afternoon during the Dutch Broadcasts coming from the offshore station 'Radio Caroline', broadcasting from the MV 'Ross Revenge' and at several other land based stations in the Benelux.

The official name of this company is still 'KBC Productions', but today the name 'KBC Import / Export' is also used. In 1989, KBC started to sell CB-Products, with the end user as main target. From that moment, KBC delivered to gas stations, shops and wholesales in different countries. KBC registered the name 'K-PO' along with the slogan 'We want what you want'. It is registered internationally and displayed on all K-PO products. In 1996, the sale of CB-products to the public was cancelled, and from that moment on, KBC only sells goods to dealers. KBC supplies all products, from A to Z, to communication users around the globe. Besides CB and communication products, the selling of soft toys was started as a side business in 1996. This is also a fast growing activity of KBC. The larger companies have become aware of this, and are giving toys away for free during product promotions. In 2006 KBC is also selling again to the public, so please visit the KBC website at http://www.k-po.com or visit http://www.kbcradio.eu

The KBC transmitters are located in Lithuania. Wolfman Jack Show on The Mighty KBC

Wintertime weekdays, Europe: 21.30-22.29 UTC on 6055 kHz, America: Sunday 02.00-02.59 UTC on 6110 kHz.