KOAD-LP

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KOAD-LP
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Broadcast areaHanford, California
Lemoore, California
Kings County, California [2]
Frequency 92.5 FM MHz
Branding"K-Fun 92-5"
Programming
Format Classic rock [3] [4]
Affiliations Ultimate Classic Rock (Townsquare Media)
Ownership
Owner
  • Denise M. White [1]
  • (Hanford Youth Services, Inc. [1] )
History
First air date
February 9, 2015 [3]
Former call signs
KOAD-LP (2014-2020
DKOAD-LP (2020–2021) [5]
Technical information
Facility ID 196317
Class L1
Power 100 watts [6]
HAAT 24.4 meters (80 ft) [1]
Transmitter coordinates
 36°19′36.4″N119°38′46.0″W / 36.326778°N 119.646111°W / 36.326778; -119.646111 [1]
Links
Webcast KOAD-LP Webstream
Website KOAD-LP Online

KOAD-LP was a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station. [4] The station was licensed to Hanford, California and serving Hanford, Lemoore, and Kings County in California. [1] [2] KOAD-LP was owned by Denise M. White and operated under the Hanford Youth Services, Inc. [1]

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History

Leroy Hurte became the radio manager of KOAD radio station in 1968; [7] and from 1968 to 1971 he owned it. [8]

Denise M. White and Hanford Youth Services, Inc. applied for the construction permit to begin the process of building what would become KOAD on November 12, 2013. [9] The station received a License to Cover, allowing it to begin broadcasting, from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 13, 2014. [10]

KOAD-LP signed-on for the first time on February 9, 2015 with a classic rock format. [3] This would bring English-language radio back to Kings County after 20 years. [3] After signing on, local entertainment promotion personality Joey Perez was hired by KOAD-LP for their morning show. [11] By 2016, plans were in place to regionally syndicate the morning show. [11] Other programming included a live, weekly sports show from a Buffalo Wild Wings location in Hanford. [12]

The station made regional headlines in 2018 when a photo, taken by morning show host Joey Perez, of Tom Cruise shooting scenes for Top Gun: Maverick at nearby Naval Air Station Lemoore. [13] Hanford Youth Services received the donation of KNBI in Monterey, California, and per FCC rules, had to request the cancellation of KOAD-LP's license on December 3, 2020. KOAD-LP ceased broadcast operations, but continued to operate over internet radio until April 2022, when the stream was flipped to KMBY Monterey. [14]

Translator

In addition to KOAD-LP's primary frequency, the station's programming was simulcast on the following translator station to widen KOAD-LP's broadcast area. [15] [16]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
K272GD 102.3 FM MHz FM Fresno, California 14474275 watts96  m (315  ft)D 36°47′55.8″N119°47′27.5″W / 36.798833°N 119.790972°W / 36.798833; -119.790972 LMS

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "KOAD-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Facility Technical Data - Contour Map". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Nidever, Seth (February 7, 2015). "English-language radio returns to Hanford". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, California: Scripps League Newspapers . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - KOAD-LP". REC Networks. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine". omeka.library.fresnostate.edu. Fresno State University. December 1970. Retrieved February 18, 2025– via Omeka S.
  8. ↑ Isoardi, Steven L. (July 20, 1995). "Central Avenue Sounds: Leroy Hurte". Calisphere. University of California, Los Angeles . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Amendment to a Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. November 12, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  10. ↑ "License to Cover for Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. November 13, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  11. 1 2 Marquez, Damian (March 12, 2016). "Hanford's Perez looks to take local radio show to larger markets". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, California: Scripps League Newspapers . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Front Row Sports" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  13. ↑ Anteola, Bryant-Jon (September 19, 2018). "Tom Cruise makes appearance in Lemoore, shooting scenes for 'Top Gun' sequel on base". The Fresno Bee . Fresno, California: The McClatchy Company . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Cancellation Application". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. December 3, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  15. ↑ "K272GD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  16. ↑ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - K272GD-FM". REC Networks. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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