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  2. Bakersfield sound - Wikipedia

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    The Bakersfield sound is a sub- genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. [1] Bakersfield is defined by its influences of rock and roll and honky-tonk style country, and its heavy use of electric instrumentation and backbeats. [2] It was also a reaction against the slickly produced ...

  3. Streets of Bakersfield - Wikipedia

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    Streets of Bakersfield. " Streets of Bakersfield " is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits. The song, which was written by songwriter Homer Joy, was first recorded by Buck Owens ...

  4. Downtown Bakersfield - Wikipedia

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    661. Downtown is the central business district for Bakersfield, California. It contains several of the city's major theaters, sports complex, museums, and historical landmarks. What is considered to be “downtown” Bakersfield varies. Starting from the north and traveling clockwise, Central Bakersfield is bound by the Kern River, Union Avenue ...

  5. KERO-TV - Wikipedia

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    KERO-TV. /  35.453833°N 118.594528°W  / 35.453833; -118.594528. KERO-TV (channel 23) is a television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on 21st Street in Downtown Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located atop Breckenridge ...

  6. Fox Theater (Bakersfield, California) - Wikipedia

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    The Fox Theater is located at 2001 H Street in Downtown Bakersfield, California.The theater, which opened on Christmas Day, 1930, is a historic performing arts and community events center located in downtown Bakersfield, and hosts a variety of events, ranging from ballets, numerous community events, movies to contemporary pop and rock acts.

  7. KABE-CD - Wikipedia

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    KABE-CD (channel 39) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Class A UniMás outlet KBTF-CD (channel 31) and Quest affiliate KUVI-DT (channel 45). The three stations share studios on Truxtun ...

  8. California State University, Bakersfield - Wikipedia

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    www .csub .edu. California State University, Bakersfield ( CSUB, Cal State Bakersfield, or CSU Bakersfield) is a public university in Bakersfield, California. It was established in 1965 as Kern State College and officially in 1968 as California State College Bakersfield on a 375-acre (152 ha) campus, becoming the 20th school in the California ...

  9. Bakersfield, California - Wikipedia

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    1652668, 2409774. Website. www .bakersfieldcity .us. Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km 2) [9] [10] near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.