KCOD (1450 AM) was a

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licensed to

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, United States. It served the

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area. The station was last owned by

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. Programming was also simulcast on

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K260DE (99.9 FM) in

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. The transmitter and broadcast tower were located between Palm Springs and

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on Dinah Shore Drive. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower was tall.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1954, and held the call sign KPAL.History Cards for KCOD
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019. On February 9, 1971, its call sign was changed to KPSI. KPSI aired a middle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1979
',

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, 1979. p. C-25. Retrieved September 22, 2019. By 1983, the station had adopted a

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format.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1983. p. B-28. Retrieved September 22, 2019. On September 1, 1997, its call sign was changed to KGAM and on September 15, it adopted an adult standards format.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019. In 1998, talk programming was added during the day and it eventually returned to a full-time news-talk format, airing syndicated talk shows, with hosts such as

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, and

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. It also aired

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and ''Thru the Bible'' with

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mornings and broadcast

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, and

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games. On February 2, 2010, the station's call sign was changed to KPTR, and it became a

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station, a format and call sign transferred from 1340 AM (which became

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). R & R donated KPTR to College of the Desert on November 1, 2016. The college elected to operate the station as a noncommercial station; in preparation for the change, R & R took KPTR silent on July 10, 2016. The progressive talk format was relocated to KWXY; that station would go silent as well one month later. KPTR changed its call letters to KCOD on January 8, 2017; in a December 2016 filing with the

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(FCC), College of the Desert said that it would return the station to the air by April. The station resumed broadcasting May 27, 2017. College of the Desert had already operated KCOD since 2011 as an

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station from studios on the college's campus in Palm Desert; in 2018, KCOD moved to the adjacent former KEZN studios. After having been silent since August 6, 2020, KCOD and K260DE's licenses were surrendered on August 2, 2021, and were cancelled the following day.K260DE, Palm Desert, California (FIN: 200930) KCOD(FM), Palm Springs, California (FIN: 35496) Cancellation of Licenses
, fcc.gov. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.

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External links

FCC Station Search Details: DKCOD
(Facility ID: 35496)
FCC History Cards for KCOD
(covering 1950-1981 as KPAL / KPSI) {{California college radio

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