KBOB (AM)

KBOB
Currently silent
Broadcast areaQuad Cities
Frequency1170 kHz
BrandingESPN Quad Cities
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
July 7, 1946 (as KSTT)
Former call signs
  • KSTT (1946–1984)
  • KKZX (1984–1987)
  • KSTT (1987–1993)
  • KJOC (1993–2014)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID13662
ClassB
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
41°23′21.13″N 90°31′0.48″W / 41.3892028°N 90.5168000°W / 41.3892028; -90.5168000
Translator(s)104.1 K281DB (Davenport)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websiteespnquadcities.com

KBOB is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa. The station's frequency is 1170 kHz, and broadcasts at a power of 1 kW. Its transmitter is in Knoxville Road just outside of Milan, Illinois. KBOB is 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 suspended KBOB's operations in 2025.