KBBL
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In the fictional universe of The Simpsons, KBBL is the call sign used for radio and television stations that broadcast from Springfield. All three are owned by the fictional KBBL Broadcasting Inc.
KBBL-FM's frequency is 102.5 FM, and its morning show is hosted by Bill and Marty.
Its co-owned AM sister station, KBBL 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)
KBBL-TV or KBBL-DT (in recent episodes) (Channel 6) is the fictional television station in Springfield, the home of television personalities Kent Brockman and Krusty the Clown. 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 affiliate.
According to one episode, KBBL's slogan is "No sports, no rock, no information; for mindless chatter, we're your station."
In one Simpsons Halloween special, an invasion by zombies led a town radio station, presumably KBBL, to change its call sign and format to "KZMB, All-Zombie Radio." The programming consisted of zombies grunting and moaning.
Note that in the United States, the vast majority of radio stations west of the Mississippi River have call signs beginning with "K," while those in the eastern states begin with "W." Lest viewers interpret call letters as a hint toward Springfield's location, one episode mentions the easy-listening station WKOMA although this was to avoid confusion with real-world station KOMA, since stations cannot have five-letter call signs.
In the real world, the callsign KBBL-CA is allocated to a low-power TV station in Arkansas. [1]
KBBL may also mean Kwaliteitsbewakingsbureau voor Levensmiddelen ("Quality Guard Office for Edibles"), a Netherlands health company.