KDSC

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KDSC
Simulcasts KUSC Los Angeles
Broadcast area Ventura County, California
Frequency 91.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingClassical California KUSC
Programming
Format Classical music
Ownership
Owner University of Southern California
History
First air date
December 4, 1979 (1979-12-04) (as KCPB)
Former call signs
KCPB (1979–2004)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 69116
Class B
ERP 4,800 watts
HAAT 390 meters (1,280 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°24′47″N119°11′10″W / 34.41306°N 119.18611°W / 34.41306; -119.18611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kusc.org

KDSC (91.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Thousand Oaks, California. The station is owned by the University of Southern California, and is a repeater of KUSC and their classical music format. The KDSC signal previously competed with that of translator K216FM for the 91.1 FM frequency on the Los Angeles Westside. That translator rebroadcast KKLQ, the Los Angeles affiliate of the contemporary Christian music network K-Love, until the translator's license was cancelled on May 8, 2020. [2] KDSC does not make it very far into the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as its signal competes with XETRA-FM 91.1 in Tijuana, Baja California

KDSC broadcasts in HD. [3]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KDSC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "K216FM-FM Radio Station Coverage Map". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. "HD Radio station guide for Los Angeles, CA". Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2015-09-15.