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KHSQ is a commercial radio station licensed to Trinidad, California, that broadcasts on 107.7 FM from the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, CA. As KBAE, the station previously aired a hot adult contemporary music format branded as "95.5 The Bay", on its previous 95.5 MHz frequency. Prior to January 31, 2011, the station went by the KZCC calls. Cal Poly Humboldt now operates the station as a non-commercial public station.
Sequoia County was a proposal in the early 1990s, to create a new county out of parts of Southern Humboldt and Northern Mendocino counties in California. The 1992 proposal halted signature gathering due to low support. The proponents of the proposal, restarted in 1993, submitted signatures in January 1994 to the Humboldt County clerk, who validated 2,033 signatures, 169 short of the necessary number to qualify for possible inclusion on the 1996 ballot.
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- ↑ KMUD audio archive.
- ↑ Anderson, Glenda (April 25, 2010). "Garberville's KMUD radio alerts: Helpful or dangerous?". PressDemocrat.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Witt, Emily (May 20, 2019). "How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Marijuana". The New Yorker . ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved May 21, 2019.
