KSBL (101.7

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, "K-Lite 101.7") is a

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, and serves the Santa Barbara and

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s. The station is owned by

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and broadcasts an

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, switching to

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for part of November and December. Two syndicated shows are heard weekdays on KSBL: ''

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'', an evening call-in and request show, and '' Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh'' heard overnight. KSBL has an

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(ERP) of 890

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s. The

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is on West Camino Cielo in

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History

The station first

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the air on . The

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was KGFT. It was owned by religious broadcaster Edward G. Atsinger III and featuring

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shows. In January 1988, Atsinger, then owner of half of newly-formed Salem Communications Corporation, sold KGFT to Great Electric Communications II Inc. for $1.45 million. KGFT changed its call letters to KLIT-FM on April 1, 1988, and adopted a

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music format. The call sign switched again on October 16, 1989 to KSBL. In July 1995, Great Electric Communications II Inc. sold KSBL to Criterion Media Group Inc. for $1.33 million, thus bringing the station under common ownership with KQSB and

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. Less than two years later, in March 1997, Criterion sold the station along with KQSB and KTYD to

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for $13.5 million; Jacor was subsequently purchased by

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. In January 2007, Clear Channel sold its six Santa Barbara stations, including KSBL, to Rincon Broadcasting LLC for $17.3 million. Rincon, a subsidiary of Ventura-based

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, officially took control of the cluster on January 16. On September 10, 2018, the

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(FCC) granted KSBL a

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, good for three years, to start transmitting from a facility atop

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with a directional 1,650-

signal, licensed to

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References

External links

FCC History Cards for KSBL
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