KMPH-TV can also be picked up in and around the Bakersfield area.

He drilled wells in the Bakersfield area even though he lived at the time in Los Angeles.

The Bakersfield area, once a tule-reed-covered marshland, was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in 1860.

The squadron also flew training missions in the Bakersfield area.

In the 1960s & 1970's KAFY was the top-rated rock station in the Bakersfield area.

As it is a new station, the station is currently silent; once on the air, it will broadcast to the Bakersfield area on channel 12.

In the Bakersfield area, wide spread damage was reported but no loss of life occurred.

The closest station response also increased the efficiency of service to the greater Bakersfield area.

Francisco Garcés when he explored the Bakersfield area on May 1, 1776.

Stone tools found in the Bakersfield area have been dated to around 8000 to 12, 000 years ago.