KSRY (103.1 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format as a simulcast of

KYSR KYSR (98.7 FM) is a commercial alternative radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., KYSR is the flagship station of syndicated morning drive program ''The Woody Show''. T ...

(Alt 98.7) in

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. KSRY serves the

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the ...

from its tower in

Tehachapi, California Tehachapi (; Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") is a city in Kern County, California, United States, in the Tehachapi Mountains, at an elevation of , between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. Tehachapi is east-southeast ...

. The station is owned by

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History

103.1 FM was started by George Chambers in

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and was the first radio station licensed to Tehachapi. In 1983, Robert Adelman joined Chambers and created the first

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FM radio station (

KTPI-FM KTPI-FM (97.7 FM, "97-7 KTPI") is a commercial radio station which is licensed to Mojave, California and serves the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. It is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a country music format. History Early ...

) to serve the Antelope Valley with a signal covering the entire area. Mark Pompey was the first program director and later Larry Marino (who later moved to

KRLA KRLA (870 kHz) "AM 870 The Answer" is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Glendale, California, it serves Greater Los Angeles and Southern California. The station is owned by Salem Media Group, which also ...

) served as operations manager of this station and another in Mojave, KDOL 1340. Studios were located in Mojave until they were moved to Palmdale. Chambers and Adelman sold

and KDOL to HPW in 1986. In December 2007, KTPI's format moved to 97.7 while 103.1 became a simulcast of

, Los Angeles "Star 98.7". On January 2, 2008, the KTPI call letters were moved to 97.7 in Mojave, and the KOSS call letters came to 103.1 FM. On January 10, 2008, the KOSS call sign was changed to KSRY. The tower is shared with

KKZQ KKZQ (100.1 FM, "100.1 The Quake") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Tehachapi, California, United States and serves the Antelope Valley area. The station is owned by High Desert Broadcasting and broadcasts a classic rock format ...

(100.1 FM, "The Quake"), owned by High Desert Broadcasting.

Programming

KSRY carries all programming originating from KYSR; this includes KYSR personalities: ''The Woody Show'' in mornings; ''@MartyInYourEar'' and harms on middays and afternoons, respectively.

References

External links

* {{IHeartMedia SRY Modern rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1981 IHeartMedia radio stations