KIOO (99.7 FM) is a

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licensed to

Porterville, California Porterville is a city at the base of Southern Sierra Nevada mountains on the eastern side of San Joaquin Valley, in Tulare County, California, United States. It is part of the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan statistical area. Serving as the ...

, and serving the Visalia- Tulare-

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area of

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. It airs a

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format and is owned and operated by Momentum Broadcasting LP. The studios are on East Mineral King Avenue. KIOO is a Class B FM station with an

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(ERP) of 25,000

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History

KIOO

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the air on . It was the

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of KTIP

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. In its early years, KIOO aired an

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beautiful music format, featuring instrumental

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s of popular adult songs.

External links

99.7 Classic Rock Online
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