| 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]
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.