KBOB (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Quad Cities |
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| Frequency | 1170 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Quad Cities |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | July 7, 1946 |
Last air date | February 28, 2025 (78 years, 233 days) |
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| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 13662 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°23′21.13″N 90°31′0.48″W / 41.3892028°N 90.5168000°W |
| Translator | 104.1 K281DB (Davenport) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | espnquadcities |
KBOB was a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa. The station's frequency was 1170 kHz, and broadcast at a power of 1 kW. Its transmitter was in Knoxville Road just outside of Milan, Illinois. KBOB was owned by Townsquare Media, with studios located on Brady Street in Davenport.
The station went on the air in 1946 as KSTT. It was the Quad Cities' top 40 station from the mid-1950s until 1986, changing its call sign to KKZX in 1984. It then became an easy listening station, before returning to the KSTT call sign as part of a 1987 change to oldies. The station simulcast WXLP from 1989 until becoming a sports radio station in 1992; it became KJOC in 1993. KJOC moved to a talk radio format in 2003, and an oldies format in 2008. After Cumulus Media swapped its Quad Cities stations to Townsquare Media in 2013, the station briefly returned to sports in 2014; when that format and the KJOC call sign moved to 93.5 FM later that year, this station became classic country station KBOB. The sports format again returned to the station in 2019, remaining until Townsquare shut down KBOB in 2025.