KSFE (FM)

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KSFE
Frequency 96.7 MHz
BrandingInterstate 96.7
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerVanguard Media, LLC
KOAZ, KRKE, KXOT, KYLZ
History
First air date
December 2012
Former call signs
KMYN (2012–2019)
Call sign meaning
Santa FE
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 183361
Class C3
ERP 265 watts
HAAT 818 m (2,684 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°15′11.1″N107°35′48.1″W / 35.253083°N 107.596694°W / 35.253083; -107.596694
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KSFE (96.7 MHz) is an FM radio station in Grants, New Mexico, United States. It is owned by Vanguard Media and features a classic hits format branded as "Interstate 96.7".

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On August 15, 2023, the owner/management abruptly switched the format to classic hits. [2]

The broadcasting tower is located at the La Mosca Lookout on Mount Taylor.

History

The station launched in 2012 as KMYN, airing a classic country format simulcast from KMIN AM 980. Later in about 2016, it would switch to a simulcast of KOAZ airing a smooth jazz format while also feeding translator K240EC 95.9 in Santa Fe. It was sold by original owner Royal Diversified Industries to Vanguard Media effective July 1, 2020 for $375,000. [3]

On September 1, 2020, KSFE switched to simulcasting the Regional Mexican format from KDLW "La Zeta" in Albuquerque. [4] The simulcast was discontinued on January 3, 2022, when KDLW rebranded as "Exitos" and for the first time KSFE began to air its own programming.

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In January 2022, KSFE switched to a dance music format, branded as "Pirate Radio 96.7". The station initially played a continuous mix of various EDM genres such as progressive house, deep house, drum and bass, techno, trance and many others from both local and international mix DJs. Zaid Gonzalez, a local DJ and producer was the content director for the station. [5] By April 2023 it began to play shorter tracks as well some "EDM classics" each hour. On June 21, 2023, the format programmed by Gonzalez, would be replicated on KREV in San Francisco as "Revolution 92.7" under a new company called AutoPilotFM run by Vanguard Media owner Don Davis along with Kurt Nilson and Melinda Vega to program stations owned by the financially embattled Royce International Broadcasting. [6] The "Pirate Radio" brand was also used on KREV seven months prior. [7] However the dance programming was dropped on both stations in mid-August with KREV flipping to the hip-hop format and "The Hustle" brand used on sister-station KYLZ 101.3. [8]

On August 15, 2023, KSFE dropped the dance music format and switched to classic hits, branded as "Interstate 96.7".

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSFE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Instagram Post". 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Deal Digest: Salem Sells Out Of Another Market". Inside Radio. February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Zeta 106.3 Expands to Trimulcast in New Mexico".
  5. ↑ "New EDM Station Takes Airwaves by Storm". 19 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "AutopilotFM Starts an EDM Revolution on KREV as It Begins Operating Stolz' Properties".
  7. ↑ "KREV San Francisco Returns as Dance Pirate Radio 92.7".
  8. ↑ "KREV San Francisco Flips to Hip Hop".


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