KGAY-FM explained

KGAY-FM
City:Thermal, California
Country:US
Above:Simulcasting KGAY (AM) Thousand Palms
Area:Coachella Valley
Branding:KGAY 106.5 and 92.1
Languages:English
Format:LGBTQ Talk radioElectronic dance music
Owner:WKW Broadcasting
Sister Stations:KGAY, KXCM
Licensing Authority:FCC
Facility Id:16771
Class:A
Erp:1,300 watts
Haat:215 meters (705 watts)
Coordinates:33.655°N -115.9869°W

KGAY-FM (92.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Thermal, California, owned by WKW Broadcasting. Along with KGAY 1270 AM in Palm Springs, it simulcasts a talk radio and music format featuring contemporary hit radio and electronic dance music (EDM) for the LGBTQ community.

KGAY-FM is a Class A station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,300 watts.[1] It uses a directional antenna. The station's transmitter is south of Interstate 10 in Cactus City.Radio-Locator.com/KGAY-FM

History

The station signed on the air on November 2, 1995. While it was still unbuilt, the station's call sign was KHWX, and went on the air as KKJT. In 1999, it became KDHI, then KQCM, then KKCM.

On March 4, 2024, KKCM changed its format from country music to a simulcast of LGBTQ Pop Music, EDM and talk-formatted KGAY 1270 AM in Thousand Palms.[2] With the format switch, it changed its call letters to KGAY-FM.

Notes and References

  1. https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=Kkcm&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=88.1&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KGAY-FM
  2. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/265668/kgay-expands-in-palm-springs/ KGAY Expands in Palm Springs