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. The station can be heard in

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, and parts of

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. The station's transmitter power is 5,000

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. The station is owned by Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC. KPAY is a radio affiliate of

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, also covering north valley sports, including Chico State Wildcat Athletics (baseball, basketball), the NFL, MLB, Warriors, Oakland A's and Butte Community College Football.

History

In October 1949, KXOC-AM began broadcasting. In February 1953, KXOC-AM changed its call sign to KPAY-AM. In July 1994, the KPAY building was destroyed by fire.Chico: A 20th Century Pictorial History The station was originally located on 1060 kHz, but moved to 1290 kHz, which had been vacated by KHSL-AM after KHSL moved its format to the FM band at 103.5, now known as " The Blaze". In July 2019,

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-based Bustos Media was involved in a multi-station trade. 1290 AM was transitioned from news talk radio to sports provided by

. The original news and talk show content was moved to 93.9 FM. kpay

Notable personalities and shows

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(KPAY's logo under previous news/talk format)

References

External links

KPAY official websiteFCC History Cards for KPAYFCC History Cards for KPAY (1060 kHz)
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History

Notable personalities and shows

See also

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