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KVEC
KVEC (920 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States and serves the Central Coast of California. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts a news/talk radio format featuring a variety of nationally syndicated talk shows as well as a program hosted by Dave Congalton. KVEC is rebroadcast on FM translator station K243CL on 96.5 MHz in San Luis Obispo. History KVEC first signed on in 1937 on the 1200  kHz frequency. The station originally was owned by Valley Electric Company (hence its call sign), headed by Christina M. Jacobson. In March 1941, under the terms of the NARBA Havana Treaty, KVEC was relocated to 1230 kHz. The station changed frequencies once more in 1946 to 920 kHz. In April 1956, Jacobson sold KVEC and its television sister station KVEC-TV (channel 6) to The Valley Enterprises Company for $450,000. The media company, headed by John C. Cohan, was the owner of KSBW-AM- TV in ...
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KZOZ
KZOZ (93.3 FM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to and serves San Luis Obispo, California. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts a classic rock format. History The station's first license was granted in 1962 to John C. Cohan with the call letters . In November 1965, Cohan sold and its AM counterpart to West Coast Broadcasters Inc., owner of TV station KSBY (channel 6) in San Luis Obispo, for $360,000. The new owner then changed the FM station's call sign to KSBY-FM. In June 1975, KSBY-FM changed its call sign to KZOZ. At the time, the station was branded as "KZOZ Stereo 93" and aired an album-oriented rock format. The 1980s brought several major changes at the station. On June 17, 1980, KZOZ adjusted its call sign to KZOZ-FM and flipped to top 40 with the branding "Z93". The station reverted to the KZOZ call letters on November 10, 1986. In December 1987, Phoenix Broadcasting Company sold KZOZ and then-sister station KKAL to Tattersall ...
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KSBY
KSBY (channel 6) is a television station licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States, serving the Central Coast of California as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, and maintains studios on Calle Joaquin in southern San Luis Obispo, with an additional studio on Skyway Drive in Santa Maria, near the Santa Maria Public Airport. Its transmitter is located atop Cuesta Peak. History The station went on the air in May 1953, as KVEC-TV. The VEC stood for Valley Electric Company, which also built Sonic Cable, the original cable television system in San Luis Obispo. KVEC-TV was the first television station in the Central and South Coast, and aired programming from NBC, ABC, CBS, and DuMont, with NBC being its primary affiliation. During its first four years on the air, the station was co-owned with radio station KVEC. Ownership with KSBW From 1957 to 1996, the station was a sister station to KSBW channel 8 in Sa ...
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KKAL
KKAL (92.5 FM, "The Krush 92.5") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Paso Robles, California and serves the San Luis Obispo area. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format. KKAL is notable due to its linkage to the area's wine industry and culture, both in its imaging (e.g. the "Krush" name, as in crushed grapes) and various wine-related programs that air regularly. The studios and offices are on Sacramento Drive in San Luis Obispo and the transmitter is off TV Tower Road in Santa Margarita. History Early years KKAL first signed on November 20, 1972 as KPRA, the sister station to KPRL (1230 AM), with a country music format. In December 1982, KPRA switched its call sign to KDDB but kept the country format. In April 1991, Owensville Communications Company sold KDDB to Zindy Broadcasting, headed by Stephen B. Jones, for $350,000. American General Media era (1997–present) In 1997, American Gen ...
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KSBW
KSBW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States, serving the Monterey Bay area as an affiliate of NBC and American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on John Street (California State Route 68, Highway 68) in downtown Salinas, and its transmitter is located on Fremont Peak (California), Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Mountains. The call signs in North America, call letters KSBW stand for "Salad Bowl of the World," which is the nickname of the city of Salinas. History Early years KSBW began broadcasting on September 11, 1953. It shared the channel 8 frequency with KMBY-TV of Monterey, California, Monterey until the two stations merged in 1955 under KSBW's license and call letters. Originally, it was affiliated with all four major networks—NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont Television Network, DuMont; the latter folded in 1955. ABC disappeared from KSBW's programming schedule when San Jose, California, San ...
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San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo (; Spanish for " St. Louis the Bishop", ; Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfway between the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and Greater Los Angeles in the south. The population was 47,063 at the 2020 census. San Luis Obispo was founded by the Spanish in 1772, when Saint Junípero Serra established Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The town grew steadily through the Mexican period before a rapid expansion of San Luis Obispo following the American Conquest of California. San Luis Obispo is a popular tourist destination, known for its historic architecture, vineyards, and hospitality, as well as for being home to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. History The earliest human inhabitants of the local area were the Chumash people. One of the earliest villages lies south of San Luis ...
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KSTT-FM
KSTT-FM (104.5 FM, "Coast 104.5") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Atascadero, California, United States and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria—Lompoc, California areas. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a hot adult contemporary format. History The station was first signed on in 1979 as KIQO by Midway Broadcasters Inc. In July 1984, Gareth F. Garlund and Anna Garlund sold their 80% stake in Midway Broadcasters to partners Gary F. Brill and Virginia Brill, who owned the other 20%, for $700,000. In July 1998, Midway sold KIQO to Bakersfield, California-based American General Media for $1.5 million. At the time, the station carried an oldies music format. On May 31, 2016, El Dorado Broadcasting sold the intellectual property of KSTT-FM ( 101.3 FM) in Los Osos-Baywood Park to American General Media as part of a series of divestitures of its Central Coast stations. The deal did not include the 101.3 FM frequency itself, wh ...
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KKJG
KKJG (98.1 FM, "98.1 K-Jug") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo County area. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a country music format. The KKJG studios and offices are located on Sacramento Road in San Luis Obispo and its transmitter is off TV Tower Road in Santa Margarita. History The station was first signed on January 1, 1984 as KKUS by Cabrillo Communications Inc. On May 1, 1992, Cabrillo sold KKUS to Westcoast Broadcasting Inc. for $800,000. The new owner changed the station's call sign to KKJG on June 1 and introduced a country music format branded "K-Jug". In April 1997, Westcoast sold KKJG to American General Media for $1.5 million. Programming ''Tom and Becky in the Morning'', KKJG's morning program, is hosted weekdays by Tom Keffury and Becky Kingman. Keffury is a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo County who arrived at KKJG in October 2005. In the 1990s, Keffury ...
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KXTZ
KXTZ (95.3 MHz, "95.3 The Beach") is a commercial FM radio station that is licensed to and serves San Luis Obispo, California. The station is owned by Dimes Media Corporation and broadcasts an Adult Hits music format with a focus on rock music from the 1980s. KXTZ is simulcast on sister station KXDZ in Templeton, California at 100.5 FM. History The station first signed on December 7, 1974 as KPGA and broadcast a middle of the road music format. In 1975, original owner James M. Strain sold KPGA to Jack and Lois Gale for $70,000; the deal was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on October 17. In May 1978, owing to his declining health, Jack Gale sold his share in KPGA to his business partners Charles A. and Patricia Kent, doing business as KPGA Inc., for $6,000. The Kents sold the adult contemporary music-formatted station to Five Cities Broadcasting Corporation for $500,000 in April 1985. In September 1989, U.S. Media Company, who took possession of KPGA's lice ...
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American General Media
American General Media is a media company specializing in radio. It was founded by Lawrence Brandon and is operated by sons Anthony and Rogers. American General Media is headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Lawrence Brandon owned and operated over 75 radio stations during his tenure; today the company operates stations throughout the Southwest. Markets and stations Albuquerque/Santa Fe *KABG in Los Alamos, New Mexico *KHFM in Santa Fe, New Mexico *KIOT in Los Lunas, New Mexico * KJFA in Belen, New Mexico *KJFA-FM in Pecos, New Mexico * KKRG in Santa Fe, New Mexico *KKSS in Santa Fe, New Mexico * KLVO in Belen, New Mexico Bakersfield, California * KEBT in Lost Hills, California * KERN in Wasco-Greenacres, California * KISV in Bakersfield, California * KGEO in Bakersfield, California * KGFM in Bakersfield, California * KKXX in Shafter, California * K241CI in Bakersfield, California * K266CG in Bakersfield, California Cortez, Colorado * KRTZ in Cortez, Colorado * K ...
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Premiere Networks
Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an American media company, a wholly owned subsidiary of iHeartMedia, for which it currently serves as its main original radio content distribution and production arm. It is the largest syndication company in the United States. Founded independently in 1987, it is headed by Julie Talbott, who serves as president. Premiere Networks either syndicates and/or (co-)produces more than 90 individual programs and radio programming services/networks to more than 5,500 affiliates across the U.S., reaching about 245 million listeners monthly. Premiere offers talk, entertainment and sports programming featuring well-known personalities including Ryan Seacrest, Delilah, JoJo Wright, Mario Lopez, Bobby Bones, Crook & Chase, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, Glenn Beck, Steve Harvey, Big Boy, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Sean Hannity, Elvis Duran, Dan Patrick, Bill Cunningham, Cody Alan, Johnjay and ...
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FM Broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM). Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of higher fidelity—that is, more accurate reproduction of the original program sound—than other broadcasting technologies, such as AM broadcasting. It is also less susceptible to common forms of interference, reducing static and popping sounds often heard on AM. Therefore, FM is used for most broadcasts of music or general audio (in the audio spectrum). FM radio stations use the very high frequency range of radio frequencies. Broadcast bands Throughout the world, the FM broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually 87.5 to 108.0 MHz is used, or some portion thereof, with few exceptions: * In the former Soviet republics, and some former Eastern Bloc countries, the older 65.8–74 M ...
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