KXTZ explained

KXTZ
City:Pismo Beach, California
Area:San Luis Obispo, California
Branding:95.3 The Beach
Frequency:95.3 MHz
Airdate:December 7, 1974 (as KPGA)
Format:Adult Hits
Erp:4,200 watts
Haat:119m (390feet)
Class:A
Facility Id:30108
Former Callsigns:KPGA (1974–1990)
KWBR (1990–1998)
Owner:Martha Fahnoe
Licensee:Dimes Media Corporation
Sister Stations:KPYG, KWWV, KXDZ, KYNS
Licensing Authority:FCC

KXTZ (95.3 MHz, "95.3 The Beach") is a commercial FM radio station that is licensed to and serves San Luis Obispo, California. The station is owned by Dimes Media Corporation and broadcasts an Adult Hits music format with a focus on rock music from the 1980s. KXTZ is simulcast on sister station KXDZ in Templeton, California at 100.5 FM.[1]

History

The station first signed on December 7, 1974 as KPGA and broadcast a middle of the road music format.[2] In 1975, original owner James M. Strain sold KPGA to Jack and Lois Gale for $70,000; the deal was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on October 17.[3] In May 1978, owing to his declining health, Jack Gale sold his share in KPGA to his business partners Charles A. and Patricia Kent, doing business as KPGA Inc., for $6,000.[4] The Kents sold the adult contemporary music-formatted station to Five Cities Broadcasting Corporation for $500,000 in April 1985.[5] [6]

In September 1989, U.S. Media Company, who took possession of KPGA's license after Five Cities defaulted on a loan in 1986,[7] sold the station to James H. Elison for $1.05 million.[8] On March 2, 1990, KPGA changed its call letters to KWBR.

Elison's Maverick Broadcasting Company had reached an agreement to sell KWBR to American General Media for $500,000 in December 1996;[9] however, the deal fell through. Instead, the following March, the rock-formatted station was purchased for $350,000 by Winsome Media LLC, based in Cambria, California and owned by Walter D. Howard and Delbert E. Cleft, Jr.[10] On April 17, 1998, the station adopted the KXTZ call sign.[11]

In April 2002, Howard Broadcasting, Inc. sold KXTZ to Mapleton Communications as part of a three-station deal valued at $1.5 million.[12] The deal was approved by the FCC on May 23, 2002 and the transaction was consummated on July 19.[13]

In late 2014, Mapleton Communications sold KXTZ and sister stations KPYG, KWWV, KXDZ, and KYNS to Martha Fahnoe's Dimes Media Corporation for $1 million. The sale closed on January 15, 2015.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arbitron . Station Information Profile . June 21, 2009 .
  2. Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. . Broadcasting Yearbook . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . C-22 . 1976 . July 14, 2018 .
  3. For the Record . Broadcasting . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . 55 . November 3, 1975 . August 2, 2018 .
  4. For the Record . Broadcasting . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . 49 . May 29, 1978 . August 2, 2018 .
  5. Changing Hands . Broadcasting . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . 152 . April 8, 1985 . August 2, 2018 .
  6. Five Cities Buys KVEC, KPGA . Radio and Records . 8 . April 12, 1985 . August 2, 2018 .
  7. California station sale challenged . Broadcasting . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . 48 . November 23, 1987 . August 2, 2018 .
  8. Changing Hands . Broadcasting . Broadcasting Publications Inc. . 128 . September 11, 1989 . August 2, 2018 .
  9. News: Entravision Eyes El Paso Pair . Radio and Records . December 13, 1996 . November 23, 2017 .
  10. Changing Hands . Broadcasting and Cable . R.R. Bowker . 58 . March 17, 1997 . August 3, 2018 .
  11. Web site: Call Sign History . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database . June 21, 2009 .
  12. Broadcasting & Cable . Changing Hands - 2002-04-22 . April 21, 2002 .
  13. Web site: Application Search Details (BALH-20020415AAV) . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access . . July 19, 2002 .