KYOS

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KYOS
Broadcast area Merced area
Frequency 1480 kHz
Programming
Format Talk radio (Weekdays), Oldies (Weekends)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Westwood One
USA Radio News
Ownership
Owner
KABX-FM, KBRE, KHTN, KLOQ-FM, KUBB
History
First air date
October 1936
Former frequencies
1040 kHz (1936–1941)
1080 kHz (1941–1942)
1480 kHz (1942–1949)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 41174
Class B
Power 4,300 watts day
750 watts night
250 watts (translator)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°17′31″N120°26′03″W / 37.29194°N 120.43417°W / 37.29194; -120.43417
Translator(s) 107.3 K297BU (Merced)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1480kyos.com

KYOS (1480 AM) is a commercial radio station in Merced, California. The station is owned by the Stephens Media Group, through a subsidiary, SMG-Merced, LLC. KYOS airs a talk radio format on weekdays and plays oldies music on weekends.

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On February 29, 2016, KYOS was granted an FCC construction permit to move to a new site, decrease day power to 4,300 watts and decrease night power to 75 watts. It uses a single-tower non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on North Coffee Street in Merced, near California State Route 140 (Central Yosemite Highway). [2] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K279BU at 107.3 MHz in Merced. [3]

Programming

On weekdays, KYOS carries mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows. They include Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" from Premiere Networks. Also heard are Mark Levin, Michael Savage and "America in the Morning" from Westwood One. The station is an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics Radio Network.

On weekends, the station mostly plays oldies music, including a Sunday morning replay of "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem" from the 1970s and 80s. Some hours begin with USA Radio News.

History

KYOS signed on the air in October 1936. [4] It was originally powered at only 250 watts. KYOS carried programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and the Don Lee Network.

As network programming moved to television, KYOS switched to a Contemporary Top 40 format in the 1960s and 70s, and in the 1980s to adult contemporary. In the 1990s, it switched to a talk radio format. In 2002, Mapleton Communications acquired KYOS. [5] Effective September 30, 2019, Mapleton sold it to the Stephens Media Group.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KYOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KYOS
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/K297BU
  4. ↑ Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1947 page 82
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-95


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