Licensed to Bellingham, Washington, the station served the Whatcom County area.

The station was owned by Saga Communications, and operated as part of its Cascade Radio Group.

The translator continues to broadcast the classic hits format, fed from the HD3 digital subchannel of co-owned 92.9 KISM.

[3] The call sign was changed to KBFW in 1968;[3] the station would air a country music format for 30 years.

[6] Saga Communications requested the cancellation of the KBAI license on March 22, 2024; the "K-Bay" programming was moved to the third HD Radio channel of KISM while remaining on K255DC.