KVEC

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KVEC
KVEC NEWSTALK920-96.5 logo.png
Broadcast area San Luis Obispo County, California
Frequency 920 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 920
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KKAL, KKJG, KSTT-FM, KZOZ
History
First air date
 1937 (at 1200)
Former frequencies
  • 1200 kHz (1937-1941)
  • 1230 kHz (1941-1946)
Call sign meaning
Valley Electric Company (original owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 10870
Class B
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 35°17′58″N120°40′24″W / 35.29944°N 120.67333°W / 35.29944; -120.67333
Translator(s) 96.5 K243CL (San Luis Obispo)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 920kvec.com

KVEC (920 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States and serves the Central Coast of California. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts a news/talk radio format featuring a variety of nationally syndicated talk shows as well as a program hosted by Dave Congalton.

Contents

KVEC is rebroadcast on FM translator station K243CL on 96.5 MHz in San Luis Obispo.

History

KVEC first signed on in 1937 [2] on the 1200  kHz frequency. The station originally was owned by Valley Electric Company (hence its call sign), headed by Christina M. Jacobson. [3] In March 1941, under the terms of the NARBA Havana Treaty, KVEC was relocated to 1230 kHz. [4] The station changed frequencies once more in 1946 to 920 kHz. [2] [5]

In April 1956, Jacobson sold KVEC and its television sister station KVEC-TV (channel 6) to The Valley Enterprises Company for $450,000. The media company, headed by John C. Cohan, was the owner of KSBW-AM-TV in Salinas, California. [6] Cohan took sole ownership of KVEC and its TV counterpart, then known as KSBY-TV, the following year. [7] In November 1965, Cohen sold KVEC and its three-year-old FM sister station (now KZOZ) to West Coast Broadcasters Inc., majority owned by James L. Sephier, for $360,000. [8] On January 6, 1975, West Coast Broadcasters sold KVEC to Century Broadcasting Company for $500,000. [9]

The 1980s and 1990s saw KVEC face a series of financial troubles and ownership changes. In 1985, Five Cities Broadcasting Inc. purchased the station from the Century Broadcasting Company Liquidating Trust for $500,000 and paired it with KPGA (95.3 FM). [10] However, the following year, Five Cities defaulted on a loan, leading to the involuntary transfer of both stations' licenses to U.S. Media Company. [11] In August 1989, U.S. Media sold news/talk-formatted KVEC to Chorro Communications Inc. for $300,000; [12] [13] KPGA was divested separately a month later. In September 1991, Richard Mason sold his 70% stake in Chorro Communications to partner Francis Sheahan for $353,900, granting the latter full control of KVEC. Portions of the proceeds were used to settle a debt owed to Mason and to pay taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service. [14]

In November 2000, Clear Channel Communications purchased KVEC from Chorro for $950,000 as part of a nationwide station buying spree. [15] In July 2007, the station was among 16 Clear Channel outlets in California and Arizona that were sold to El Dorado Broadcasters for $40 million. [16] In early 2016, El Dorado began selling off its Central Coast stations. These divestitures included KVEC, sold to Bakersfield, California-based American General Media for $450,000 that May. [17]

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References

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