KNRY
History
KNRY 1240 AM began broadcasting in 1935 and was originally at 1210 AM. KNRY is a radio station licensed to Monterey, California and serving the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas. The station is owned by The Balanced Radio Foundation. 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-FM and then with a loop of 25 alternative rock songs. On June 9, KNRY-FM became Alternative Rock "Alt 106.7." KNRY simulcasted 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 is also heard on KKGO in Los Angeles on their HD2 subchannel. In November 2019, Levine donated KNRY to The Balanced Radio Foundation, a nonprofit broadcasting company incorporated October 7 in Foresthill, California.
In April 2020 KNRY went silent.
KNRY is also streamed online via the TuneIn app.
