KDSK (1240

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, and serving the

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. It broadcasts an

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with a

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of approximately 10,000 songs from the 1950s through the 1980s. Hourly news updates from SRN News are featured at the bottom of the hour. 1240 KDSK is

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KDSK-FM KDSK-FM (92.7 MHz) is a radio station based in Grants, New Mexico, (population about 10,000), the county seat of Cibola County in western New Mexico. KD Radio Incorporated (KD Radio) purchased KDSK-FM in January 2001. Having had much success wi ...

92.7

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. KDSK is also heard on FM

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92.9 K225CH in

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History

Latin and Children's Formats

The station

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as KLTN in 1983. On 1988-09-27, the station changed its

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to KALY. From 1983 to 2003, it had broadcast Spanish-language programming. In mid-February 2003, the station became a

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, airing a

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format.

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took then KALY, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22, 2010. In late 2010, the Jennifer Smart Foundation purchased the station from Disney for the JENNiRADIO format with station profits being donated to other charities. The station was back on the air with JENNiRADIO format on December 18, 2010.

KDSK

On October 16, 2012, Derek Underhill's KD Radio, Inc. consummated the purchase of KALY at a price of $225,000. The station flipped call letters to KDSK on March 8, 2013. Through Learfield Sports,

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were broadcasting on KDSK for the 2015–16 season.

FM Translator

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station broadcasting on 93.7 as K229CL was filed to give this station an FM signal in Albuquerque. The translator signed on July 12, 2014 at 40 watts from atop

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. On March 30, 2015 the translator was upgraded from 40 watts to 250 watts with the antenna pattern directed at the city, greatly improving the signal. On February 16, 2016 KD Radio was granted a construction permit to move translator K297BG (then on 107.3 FM) out of

to Rio Rancho while also moving the frequency to 92.9 FM. It was stated on the FCC application that once 92.9 is in operation KDSK will discontinue broadcast on 93.7, which is owned by Telebeeper of New Mexico. On August 29, 2016 KDSK began broadcasting on 92.9. Broadcast on 93.7 ceased in late September and the translator is currently off the air.

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* * {{Oldies Radio Stations in New Mexico DSK Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company