KDSS

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KDSS
Frequency 92.7 MHz
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
OwnerCoates Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
December 8, 1992
Former call signs
KBXS [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 63558
Class C1
ERP 32,000 watts
HAAT 293 meters (962 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°14′46″N114°55′39″W / 39.24611°N 114.92750°W / 39.24611; -114.92750
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Public license information

KDSS (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ely, Nevada. The station is owned by Coates Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a country music format. [3]

Contents

The station was assigned the KDSS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 8, 1992. [1]

During 1988, KDSS was then known as KBXS, known as "Power X 93", and aired American Top 40.

Programming

In addition to its usual music format, programming on KDSS includes Takin’ it Outside, a short program about "living and playing in the Southwestern Outdoors" hosted by Doug Nielsen. [4]

Ownership

On November 30, 2007, Patrick Dennis Coates died at the age of 67. [5] A resident of Ely since 1996, Coates and his wife, Samantha J. Coates, jointly owned 100 percent of privately held Coates Broadcasting, Inc. [6] Samantha Coates died on September 1, 2009, at the age of 72. [7] Ownership of the station and Coates Broadcasting, Inc. has since passed to Karen Livingston, daughter of Patrick and Samantha Coates. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KDSS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Takin' it Outside - About the Show". My Outdoor TV. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Obituaries: Patrick Dennis Coates". The Ely Times. December 6, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations". Federal Communications Commission. May 22, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Obituaries: Samantha Jean Coates". The Ely Times. September 9, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Coates Broadcasting Inc". www.buzzfile.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.


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