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KWAV
KWAV (96.9 FM "K-Wave 96.9") is a commercial radio station in Monterey, California, broadcasting to the Salinas - Monterey - Santa Cruz region of Central California. It is owned by Stephens Media Group and it broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. For much of November and December, it switches to Christmas music. The radio studios and offices are on Garden Court in Monterey. In the evening, KWAV carries the nationally syndicated ''Delilah'' call-in and request show. KWAV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 18,000 watts. The transmitter is located on Rana Creek Road, atop Mount Toro, in Carmel Valley, California. KWAV is a Class B FM station with a higher power than would be granted under the present U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules. It is often referred as a "Superpower" Grandfathered Class B. History On October 14, 1961, the station signed on as KHFR. The call sign stood for "Ken's Hi Fi Radio". From 1966 to 1968, the station held the ca ...
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Monterey, California
Monterey ( ; ) is a city situated on the southern edge of Monterey Bay, on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California. Located in Monterey County, California, Monterey County, the city occupies a land area of and recorded a population of 30,218 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in 1770, when Gaspar de Portolá and Junípero Serra established the Presidio of Monterey, California, Presidio of Monterey and the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Monterey, California), Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo. Monterey was elevated to capital of the the Californias, Province of the Californias in 1777, servings as the administrative and military headquarters of both Alta California and Baja California, as well as its only official port of entry. Following the Mexican War of Independence, Monterey continued as the capital of the Mexican The_Californias#Department_of_Mexico, Department of the Californias. During t ...
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Stephens Media Group (broadcasting)
Stephens Media Group is an American radio broadcasting company that owns 75 radio stations particularly in small to mid-size markets. Its flagship stations are at its headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Stephens refers to itself as "A portfolio of People", referencing the team members who work for the company. History Stephens Media started with stations around Tulsa, Oklahoma, before expanding to other markets. On May 1, 2008, Stephens Media announced that it would acquire WFKL, WRMM-FM, and WZNE in Rochester, New York, as a part of Entercom's purchase of stations from CBS Radio in the market. In April 2018, Ingstad Radio sold 14 of its stations in Washington to Stephens Media Group. In July 2019, it was announced that the company would acquire 37 stations from Mapleton Communications. This acquisition was approved on October 9, 2019, and was completed on October 15, 2019. Radio stations Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma (Flagship) * KTSO 100.9 Soft oldies, better known as "100.9 K ...
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Mount Toro (Monterey County, California)
Mount Toro is a mountain peak in the Santa Lucia range in Monterey County, California. Mount Torosa Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated February 19, 2010; database download sa February 28, 2017 It is located within the boundaries of Los Padres National Forest. The name comes from the word "Toro," which in Spanish means "Bull". The highest point in the area is the Sierra de Salinas mountain range, above sea level, southeast of Mount Toro and above the surrounding terrain. There are about 16 people per square kilometer around Mount Toro. The land around Mount Toro is mountainous. The nearest town is Salinas, north of Mount Toro. The area around Mount Toro is covered with dirt and mud. Mount Toro is not accessible to the public. In the past, it had been used for winter recreational activities during rare events of snowfall. Magnificent views can be seen of the entire shoreline of Monterey Bay, the Corral de Tierra basin, Monterey, Watsonville, Castroville, Salinas, Santa Rita, ...
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KPIG-FM
KPIG-FM (107.5 FM, "K-PIG") is a radio station located near the city of Santa Cruz, California, United States. Founded in 1988, the studio is based in Watsonville, California, and broadcasts to the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey. It also has a radio repeater on 94.9 MHz FM in San Luis Obispo County as KPYG (since 2004). The station's logo, designed by John F. Johnson, features a sunglasses-wearing pig in farmer's clothing and a cowboy hat, as well as its branding, website and city of license. It has been owned by Stephens Media Group since October 2019. History The station signed on in 1987 as KPIG (without the -FM suffix). The suffix would be added in 2005. KPIG is among the first radio stations in the world to webcast their program, going online on August 2, 1995 during Cousin Al's show. Frequently song requests are submitted via e-mail from listeners around the globe. Indirect references to KPIG appear in the songs "I'm Coming Home" by Robert Earl Keen and ...
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KKHK
KKHK (95.5 FM, "Bob FM") is a commercial radio station in Carmel, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California area. Owned by Stephens Media Group, through licensee SMG-Monterey, LLC, it broadcasts an alternative rock format. Its studios are in Monterey while its transmitter is located east of the city. History 95.5 FM had been a classical music station branded as "K-Bach" until February 9, 2008, when the format was moved to 103.9 FM. On February 14, 2008, the call sign on 103.9 FM temporarily changed to KKHK which was then swapped with KBOQ on February 26. On December 3, 2010, KKHK’s format changed from country as Hank FM, to adult hits branded as "Bob FM". On July 1, 2019, Mapleton Communications announced its intent to sell its remaining 37 stations to Stephens Media Group. Stephens began operating the station that same day. The sale was consummated on September 30, 2019. Upon the closure of the acquisition, the new owners flipped the statio ...
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KCDU
KCDU is a commercial radio station in Carmel, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California, area on 101.7 FM. Its studios are in Monterey while its transmitter is located east of the city. KCDU airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format branded as "The Beach". It has been owned by Stephens Media Group since October 2019. History Early years (1971–2003) The station came on the air in 1971 as an underground progressive station KLRB, Carmel By-The-Sea. It was sold to Walton Broadcasting out of Texas in 1982 who moved the station to Pacific Avenue in Monterey where his other station, CHR KIDD, 630-AM was. Walton changed the call letters to KWST in 1983 and six months later he changed the format to Country. The callsign would become KXDC-FM in 1987, with the KWST calls moving to a station in the Imperial Valley shortly after the call change. For much of its existence prior to 1999, it was a smooth jazz station. In 1995, the callsign dropped the FM suffix. In ...
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KHIP
KHIP is a commercial radio station in Gonzales, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California area on 104.3 FM. Its studios are in Monterey while its transmitter is located east of Salinas. KHIP airs a classic rock music format branded as "The Hippo". It carries Las Vegas Raiders NFL games. History KKLF was a Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ... station in 1995 when it simulcast KRXA, KIEZ. 104.3 was home of alternative rock KMBY which moved to 103.9 in a major switch in 2002. On July 1, 2019, Mapleton Communications announced its intent to sell its remaining 37 stations to Stephens Media Group. Stephens began operating the station that same day. The sale was consummated on September 30, 2019. References External ...
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Carmel Valley, California
Carmel Valley is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. The term "Carmel Valley" generally refers to the Carmel River (California), Carmel River watershed east of California State Route 1, and not specifically to the smaller Carmel Valley Village, California, Carmel Valley Village. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Carmel Valley as a census county division (CCD), with an area covering approximately . At the time of the 2020 census the CCD population was 6,189. In November 2009, a majority of residents voted against incorporation. History The earliest archaeological findings show that Carmel Valley had two separate tribes, the Esselens that lived in Upper Carmel Valley and the Rumsen people, Rumsens lived from Mid-Carmel Valley to the mouth of Carmel Valley. The mouth of Carmel Valley where the Carmel River runs into Carmel Bay was observed by Spanish explorer Sebastián Vi ...
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List Of Broadcast Station Classes
This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Effective radiated power (ERP) and height above average terrain (HAAT) are listed unless otherwise noted. All radio and television stations within of the US-Canada or US-Mexico border must get approval by both the domestic and foreign agency. These agencies are Industry Canada/ Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in Canada, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US, and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) in Mexico. AM Station class descriptions All domestic (United States) AM stations are classified as A, B, C, or D. * A (formerly I) — clear-channel stations — 10 kW to 50 kW, 24 hours. **Class A stations are only protected within a radius of the transmitter site. **The old Class I was divided into three: Class I-A, I-B and I-N. NARBA distingu ...
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Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of Music genre, genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas and holiday season, Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of Christmas carol, carols, may employ lyrics about Nativity of Jesus, the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus, or other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. Traditional List of Christmas carols, Christmas carols include pieces such as "Silent Night", "Gabriel's Message", "O Holy Night", "Down in Yon Forest" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". While most Christmas songs before the 20th century were of a gospel music, traditional religious character and reflected the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity story of Christmas, the Great Depression brought a stream of U.S. songs that did not explicitly mention the Ch ...
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Sign-on
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub-channels may sign-on and sign-off at significantly different times than its main channels. Like other television programming, sign-on and sign-off sequences can be initiated by a broadcast automation system, and automatic transmission systems can turn the carrier signal and transmitter on/off by remote control. Sign-on and sign-off sequences have become less common due to the increasing prevalence of 24/7 broadcasting. However, some national broadcasters continue the pra ...
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