Kachemak Bay Broadcasting, Inc., was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1976. Bev Munro, a local lover of public radio, organized a band of energetic folks to bring public radio to Kachemak Bay. The Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission (APBC) provided seed money. With the labor of many volunteers and donated materials, a small transmitter shack was built on the spit. A wire was strung across Spit Road and KBBI was born. KBBI signed on the air August 4, 1979, the first radio station in Homer at 1250 on the AM dial.