KGSV (660

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) is a commercial AM

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, and serving the

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. The station is owned by XL Media (CA) Inc., and airs a

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known as "Radio Punjab." Affiliated stations carry the same programming in

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and other West Coast cities. KGSV's

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is located off Round Mountain Road in

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. The station's programming is also heard on FM

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K273CB, on 102.5

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History

The station went on the air as KGDP on Independence Day 1987, licensed to Orcutt, Calif. serving the Santa Maria/Central Coast market at AM 660 kHz. On October 15, 1989, the station changed its

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to KSMI and on January 22, 1990, back to KGDP. KGDP and its

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, 90.5 KGDP-FM in

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, were originally owned by a local Christian group, People of Action, through licensee Radio Representatives, Inc. In August 2008, People of Action declared bankruptcy, leading KGDP and KGDP-FM to cease all operations on August 31, 2008. In November 2009, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa acquired the station, switching it to a

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of its

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station, 107.9

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. KGDP-AM 660 changed its call sign to KWVE, relicensed and relocated to Oildale/Bakersfield. Its sister station, KGDP-FM, remained on the Central Coast and was sold that same year to

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. In 2016, the AM station was sold to XL Media. On September 30, 2016, its call sign was switched to KGSV and it began airing programming from "Radio Punjab." Effective August 10, 2017, KGSV's license was assigned to commonly-owned Akal Broadcasting Corporation, and then assigned back to XL Media on August 30, 2019.

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