KOAD-LP was a

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formatted

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. The station was licensed to

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and serving Hanford, Lemoore, and

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. KOAD-LP was owned by Denise M. White and operated under the Hanford Youth Services, Inc.

History

Denise M. White and Hanford Youth Services, Inc. applied for the construction permit to begin the process of building what would become KOAD on November 12, 2013. The station received a License to Cover, allowing it to begin broadcasting, from the

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(FCC) on November 13, 2014. KOAD-LP signed-on for the first time on February 9, 2015 with a

format. This would bring

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radio back to

after 20 years. After signing on, local entertainment promotion personality Joey Perez was hired by KOAD-LP for their morning show. By 2016, plans were in place to regionally syndicate the morning show. Other programming included a live, weekly sports show from a

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location in Hanford. The station made regional headlines in 2018 when a photo, taken by morning show host Joey Perez, of Tom Cruise shooting scenes for '' Top Gun: Maverick'' at nearby

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. Hanford Youth Services received the donation of KNBI in

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, and per FCC rules, had to request the cancellation of KOAD-LP's license on December 3, 2020. KOAD-LP ceased broadcast operations, but continued to operate over internet radio until April 2022, when the stream was flipped to KMBY Monterey.

Translator

In addition to KOAD-LP's primary frequency, the station's programming was simulcast on the following

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to widen KOAD-LP's broadcast area.

References

External links

K-Fun 92-5 Online
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