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KTMS
KTMS (990 AM, "News Talk AM 990") is a commercial radio station in Santa Barbara, California. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format. KTMS is simulcast on FM translator station K250BS at 97.9 MHz, licensed to Solimar Beach and broadcasting from KTMS' AM transmitter site, overlooking Santa Barbara from near Rattlesnake Canyon Park, along Gibraltar Road, and above Gibraltar Peak, home of most Santa Barbara FM stations. The site is unusual, since AM stations are usually sited in low-lying areas, ideally with the highest possible high ground conductivity. This site is sufficiently close to the population center for even the low night power to serve the whole city. On weekdays, KTMS mostly carries nationally syndicated talk shows. They include Mike Gallagher, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Chad Benson, Larry Elder, ''Coast to Coast AM'' with George Noory and '' America in the Morning'' with John Trout. Weekends feature shows on health, business, home repair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTYD
KTYD (99.9 FM, pronounced "K-Tide") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Santa Barbara, California and serves Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and airs a classic rock format. KTYD is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated program '' Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast with the Beatles''. History The station first signed on August 11, 1962 as KGUD-FM. It was owned by Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, which also owned the Arlington Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara, and simulcast the country and western music format of its AM sister station KGUD. In November 1967, radio and television personality Dick Clark purchased KGUD-AM-FM from Metropolitan Theatres for $195,000. He sold the combo in September 1971 to a group led by Harold S. Greenberg for $310,000. KGUD-FM changed its call sign to KTYD in January 1973, then to KTYD-FM that September. The new call letters accompanied the introduction of a progressive freefor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSBL
KSBL (101.7 MHz, "K-Lite 101.7") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Carpinteria, California, and serves the Santa Barbara and Oxnard—Ventura, California radio markets. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. Two syndicated shows are heard weekdays on KSBL: ''Delilah'', an evening call-in and request show, and '' Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh'' heard overnight. KSBL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 890 watts. The transmitter is on West Camino Cielo in Goleta. History The station first signed on the air on . The call sign was KGFT. It was owned by religious broadcaster Edward G. Atsinger III and featuring Christian talk and teaching shows. In January 1988, Atsinger, then owner of half of newly-formed Salem Communications Corporation, sold KGFT to Great Electric Communications II Inc. for $1.45 million. KGFT changed its ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean, and the city has been dubbed "The American Riviera". According to the 2020 United States census, U.S. Census, the city's population was 88,665. In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city has a diverse economy that includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government. In 2004, the service sector accounted for 35% of local employment. Education in particular is well represented, with four institutions of higher learning nearby: the University of Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rincon Broadcasting
Point Broadcasting LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Ventura, California. The company is the owner of several radio groups in Southern California, doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC in the Oxnard—Ventura radio market, Rincon Broadcasting LLC in Santa Barbara, and High Desert Broadcasting LLC in the Antelope Valley. As of February 2019, Point owns and operates 21 full-power radio stations, including seven AM stations and 14 on the FM dial. Point Broadcasting and its subsidiaries are owned by John Hearne and Roy Laughlin. History Point Broadcasting acquired its first stations in Ventura County, California in 1994. Doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting Company, the partnership purchased KELF and KKZZ, both licensed to Camarillo, from Golden Bear Broadcasting for $1.2 million. Two years later, in 1996, Gold Coast purchased KCAQ and KTRO from Greater Pacific Radio Exchange Inc. for $3.65 million. Upon closing on each sale, Point immediately i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOSJ
KOSJ (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Santa Barbara, California and serves the Santa Barbara area. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts a rhythmic oldies music format branded "Old School 94.1 and 1490 AM". KOSJ is rebroadcast on FM translator K231CR in Santa Barbara on 94.1 MHz. History Early years The station launched on the 720 kHz frequency as KFCR in April 1926; it moved to 1420 kHz the following year. KFCR was purchased in 1929 by George Barnes, owner of KGB in San Diego. Barnes changed the call letters to KDB in tribute to his wife, Dorothy Barnes, and moved the station to 1500 kHz. In October of that year, KDB's license was canceled for failure to comply with regulations from the Federal Radio Commission (forerunner to the Federal Communications Commission or FCC). At issue were broadcasts featuring The Crusaders, an organization that promoted the repeal of Prohibition. The station's management fought vigorously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIST-FM
KIST-FM (107.7 FM, "Radio Bronco") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Carpinteria, California and broadcasts to the Santa Barbara radio market. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and airs a regional Mexican music format. The KIST-FM studios and offices are on East Cota Street in Santa Barbara. The transmitter is off West Camino Cielo, near other FM and TV towers, in the hills north of Santa Barbara. KIST-FM also uses a 70-watt translator station, K274CJ (102.7 FM) in Santa Barbara. History KIST-FM first signed on in February 1998 as KLDZ-FM with an oldies format branded "Cool Oldies 107.7". It launched as a simulcast of AM sister station KLDZ (1340 AM) before the latter flipped formats to sports. In May 1998, Citicasters, Inc., part of Jacor Communications, purchased KIST and KLDZ-FM for $1.5 million. The AM station changed its call sign to KXXT and the FM outlet assumed the KIST call letters. In May 1999, Jacor merged with Clear Channel Communications, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSPE
KSPE (94.5 FM, "La Musical 94.5 FM") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Ellwood, California, a district of Goleta in Santa Barbara County. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts a classic regional Mexican music format. The KSPE studios and offices are on East Cota Street in Santa Barbara and the transmitter is located on West Camino Cielo in the Los Padres National Forest. While the station's effective radiated power is only 810 watts, the tower is in height above average terrain, making KSPE a Class B FM station covering the Santa Barbara radio market and parts of Oxnard— Ventura. History The station first signed on on April 6, 1989 as KCQR, an album-oriented rock station calling itself "94 Rock". It was owned by South West Broadcasting, Inc. In 1994, the station was sold to Spectacular Broadcasting, Inc. for $1.2 million. The following year, KCQR changed its call sign to KSPE-FM to match that of co-owned station KSPE (1490 AM) in Santa Barbara and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas More Storke
Thomas More Storke (November 23, 1876 – October 12, 1971) was an American journalist, politician, postmaster, and publisher. He was awarded with the famous Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1962. Storke also served as an interim United States Senator, appointed to serve between the resignation of William Gibbs McAdoo in November 1938 and the January 1939 swearing-in of Sheridan Downey, who had been elected to succeed McAdoo. Early life and journalism career Born in Santa Barbara, Storke was an only child who grew up bilingual in Spanish and English and was born to eminent local citizen and politician Charles A. Storke and Martha Storke. Through his mother he was descended from the Ortega and Olivera families. As a child he attended public schools and moved on to Stanford University one year early with a degree in Economics. Storke graduated in 1898 at age 22. In 1900, Storke borrowed $2,000 and went on to buy the ''Santa Barbara Daily Independent'', the least favored newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Elder
Laurence Allen Elder (born April 27, 1952) is an American right-wing political commentator and conservative talk radio host. Elder hosts ''The Larry Elder Show'', based in California. The show began as a local program on Los Angeles radio station KABC in 1993 and ran until 2008, followed by a second run on KABC from 2010 to 2014. The show is nationally syndicated, first through ABC Radio Networks from 2002 to 2007 and then Salem Media Group from 2015 to 2022. He maintains ties to ''The Epoch Times'', a far-right newspaper published by the Falun Gong movement. Elder, a former attorney, has written nonfiction books and a nationally syndicated column through Creators Syndicate. In 2021, he made his first run for elected office, as a Republican candidate in the recall election of California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom. The recall was defeated by a wide margin, with Elder placing first among the replacement candidates. Early life and education Laurence Allen Elder was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Hannity
Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American talk show host, conservative political commentator, and author. He is the host of ''The Sean Hannity Show'', a nationally syndicated talk radio show, and has also hosted a commentary program, ''Hannity'', on Fox News, since 2009. Hannity worked as a general contractor and volunteered as a talk show host at UC Santa Barbara in 1989. He later joined WVNN in Athens, Alabama and shortly afterward, WGST in Atlanta. After leaving WGST, he worked at WABC in New York until 2013. Since 2014, Hannity has worked at WOR. In 1996, Hannity and Alan Colmes co-hosted ''Hannity & Colmes'' on Fox. After Colmes announced his departure in January 2008, Hannity merged the ''Hannity & Colmes'' show into ''Hannity''. Hannity has received several awards and honors, including an honorary degree from Liberty University. He has written three ''New York Times'' best-selling books: '' Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( ; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of '' The Rush Limbaugh Show'', which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021. Limbaugh became one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States during the 1990s and hosted a national television show from 1992 to 1996. He was among the most highly paid figures in American radio history; in 2018 ''Forbes'' listed his earnings at $84.5 million. In December 2019, '' Talkers Magazine'' estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States. Limbaugh also wrote seven books; his first two, ''The Way Things Ought to Be'' (1992) and ''See, I Told You So'' (1993), made ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Limbaugh garnered controversy from his statemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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