KEPD (104.9 FM, "KePadre 104.9") is a commercial

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that is

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Ridgecrest, California Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake). It was incorporated as a ...

and serves the

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area. The station is owned by Adelman Broadcasting and broadcasts a

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format.

History

The station first signed on in 1979 as KFIO, the

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to KLOA (1240 AM). Originally owned by John and Eleanor Quigley, it broadcast a

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music format. In December 1988, the Quigleys sold KFIO and KLOA to Roy Mayhugh for $552,500. The new owner changed KFIO's

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to KLOA-FM the following year. In March 1995, Mayhugh sold KLOA-AM-FM to Adelman Broadcasting for $500,000. At the time, KLOA-FM carried a

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format. In 2009, KLOA-FM adopted the KEPD call sign. The station flipped from country to a

regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

format branded as "KePadre 104.9". On April 18, 2012, KEPD changed its format to Spanish adult hits, branded as "Juan FM 104.9". The station is the first affiliate of the Juan FM proprietary format that is licensed by Sparknet Communications, creator of the

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adult hits network. At some point later on, it reverted to its previous "KePadre 104.9" branding, with a Spanish

format.

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