KHAY (100.7
FM, "100.7 KHAY") is a commercial
radio station
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that is
licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Ventura, California
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and broadcasts to the
Oxnard
Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. On California's South Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd-most-populous city in California. Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately west ...
—Ventura area. The station is owned by
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...
and airs a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format featuring programming from
Nash FM
Nash or NASH may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Nash, Buckinghamshire
* Nash, London, a hamlet near Keston in the London Borough of Bromley
*Nash, Newport, Wales
*Nash, south Shropshire, a small village and parish in southern Shropshire
* Nash, ...
.
History
The station signed on January 1, 1962 as KVEN-FM and
simulcast
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the
middle of the road music
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format of its
AM counterpart
KVEN
KVEN (1520 AM, "La Voz 1520 AM & 96.3 FM") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Port Hueneme, California and serves the Ventura County area. The station is owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting and broadcasts a Spanish-language news/tal ...
. In 1965, Carroll R. Houser sold KVEN-AM-FM to a group consisting of Ira Laufer, Robert L. Fox, and Greater California Capital Corporation — collectively doing business as KVEN Broadcasting Corporation — for $500,000.
In October 1973, KVEN-FM changed its call sign to KHAY and adopted a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format. It was the first FM country station in California to broadcast in
stereo
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.
In August 1996, McDonald Media Group purchased KHAY and KVEN for $12.7 million. In December 1999,
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...
purchased McDonald Media Group's eight stations, including KHAY, for $41 million.
KHAY carries programming from the
Nash FM
Nash or NASH may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Nash, Buckinghamshire
* Nash, London, a hamlet near Keston in the London Borough of Bromley
*Nash, Newport, Wales
*Nash, south Shropshire, a small village and parish in southern Shropshire
* Nash, ...
country music network, which is also owned by Cumulus. As such, the station carries a variety of syndicated programming, including ''Nights with Elaina'' and ''The
Blair Garner
Blair Garner is an American radio personality best known for his work in country radio. Garner spent over two decades as a nationally syndicated overnight disc jockey, first hosting ''After Midnite'' for Premiere Networks and then ''The Blair Gar ...
Show''. However, due to its heritage status, KHAY is exempt from most of Nash FM's compulsory branding components of those stations.
Awards and nominations
On February 7, 2018, KHAY received its first-ever nominations for the
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country music ...
's annual Radio Awards, honoring excellence in country radio. The award ceremony was held April 14 in conjunction with, and the day before, the
53rd ACM Awards in Las Vegas but was not televised. KHAY won one award that year.
References
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HAY
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Country radio stations in the United States
Cumulus Media radio stations