KXTZ

KXTZ
Broadcast area
San Luis Obispo, California
Frequency95.3 MHz
Branding95.3 The Beach
Programming
FormatAdult hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Martha Fahnoe
  • (Dimes Media Corporation)
KPYG, KWWV, KXDZ, KYNS
History
First air date
December 7, 1974 (1974-12-07)
Former call signs
  • KPGA (1974–1990)
  • KWBR (1990–1998)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
30108
ClassA
ERP4,200 watts
HAAT119 meters (390 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°09′24″N 120°38′11″W / 35.15667°N 120.63639°W / 35.15667; -120.63639
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Website953thebeach.com

KXTZ (95.3 FM, "95.3 The Beach") is a commercial radio station licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The station is owned by Dimes Media Corporation and broadcasts an adult hits format with a focus on rock music from the 1980s. KXTZ is simulcast on sister station KXDZ in Templeton, California at 100.5 FM.[3]

History

The station first signed on December 7, 1974 as KPGA and broadcast a middle of the road music format.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] The Kents sold the adult contemporary music-formatted station to Five Cities Broadcasting Corporation for $500,000 in April 1985.[7][8]

In September 1989, U.S. Media Company, who took possession of KPGA's license after Five Cities defaulted on a loan in 1986,[9] sold the station to James H. Elison for $1.05 million.[10] On March 2, 1990, KPGA changed its call letters to KWBR.

Elison's Maverick Broadcasting Company had reached an agreement to sell KWBR to American General Media for $500,000 in December 1996;[11] however, the deal fell through. Instead, the following March, the rock-formatted station was purchased for $350,000 by Winsome Media LLC, based in Cambria, California and owned by Walter D. Howard and Delbert E. Cleft, Jr.[12] On April 17, 1998, the station adopted the KXTZ call sign.[1]

In April 2002, Howard Broadcasting, Inc. sold KXTZ to Mapleton Communications as part of a three-station deal valued at $1.5 million.[13] The deal was approved by the FCC on May 23, 2002 and the transaction was consummated on July 19.[14]

In late 2014, Mapleton Communications sold KXTZ and sister stations KPYG, KWWV, KXDZ, and KYNS to Martha Fahnoe's Dimes Media Corporation for $1 million. The sale closed on January 15, 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXTZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1976. p. C-22. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. November 3, 1975. p. 55. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. May 29, 1978. p. 49. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. April 8, 1985. p. 152. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Five Cities Buys KVEC, KPGA" (PDF). Radio and Records. April 12, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "California station sale challenged" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. November 23, 1987. p. 48. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  10. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. September 11, 1989. p. 128. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  11. ^ "Entravision Eyes El Paso Pair" (PDF). Radio and Records. December 13, 1996. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  12. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. R.R. Bowker. March 17, 1997. p. 58. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  13. ^ "Changing Hands - 2002-04-22". Broadcasting & Cable. April 21, 2002.
  14. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-20020415AAV)". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. U.S. Federal Communications Commission. July 19, 2002.

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