| KPAT | |
| City: | Orcutt, California |
| Area: | Santa Maria, California |
| Branding: | 95.7 The Beat |
| Airdate: | 1994 (as KGDP-FM) |
| Format: | Rhythmic contemporary |
| Erp: | 3,300 watts |
| Haat: | 274m (899feet) |
| Class: | B1 |
| Facility Id: | 54755 |
| Former Callsigns: | KGDP-FM (1991–1999) |
| Owner: | American General Media |
| Licensee: | AGM California, Inc. |
| Affiliations: | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
| Sister Stations: | KBOX, KRQK, KSMA, KSNI-FM |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KPAT (95.7 FM, "95.7 The Beat") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Santa Maria, California, United States and serves the Santa Maria—Lompoc area. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts a rhythmic contemporary format.
The station first signed on in 1994 as KGDP-FM with a rhythmic oldies format. By the end of the 1990s, KGDP-FM featured Southern gospel music.[1]
On March 24, 1999, KGDP-FM changed its call sign to KPAT. (Previously, the KPAT call letters belonged to a station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, now known as KKRC-FM, from 1973 to 1994.) In November, Radio Representatives Inc., based in Los Osos, California, sold KPAT to American General Media for $900,000.[2]
KPAT adopted a rhythmic contemporary format in 2004.
On January 18, 2010 at 11:30 a.m., high winds in the Santa Maria area triggered a power outage that knocked KPAT off the air. The station resumed broadcasting one hour later under generator power.[3]