KXDZ (100.5 FM, "The Beach") is a commercial

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to serve

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, United States. The station, established in 2001, is currently owned by Martha Fahnoe and the

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is held by Dimes Media Corporation.

Programming

KXDZ airs a classic hits music format branded as "95.3 The Beach", in

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with

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KXTZ 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 ...

, to the greater

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, area. This format features

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hits primarily from the 1980s and early 1990s. The station

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had been known as "The California Sound" until a September 2002 branding shift that affected both stations. While the station has maintained essentially the same format since it signed on in 2001, several on-air hosts were shuffled to new shifts or replaced in a March 2005 shakeup.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on April 24,

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. The new station was assigned the KXDZ

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by the FCC on February 22, 2001. KXDZ received its license to cover from the FCC on July 13, 2001. In August 2001, licensee Walter D. Howard applied to the FCC to transfer the

for KXDZ to Howard Broadcasting, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on August 22, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on August 27, 2001. Howard Broadcasting was in turn owned by Winsome Media, a

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formed by Walter D. Howard and his son, Bruce Howard. In April 2002, Winsome Media and Howard Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Mapleton Communications, LLC, as part of a three-station deal valued at $1.8 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 23, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on July 19, 2002. Mapleton Communications sold KXDZ and its sister stations KPYG,

KWWV KWWV (106.1 FM, "Wild 106.1") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California. The station is owned by Dimes Media Corporation and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. Programming includes ''The Wild Wake Up wi ...

, and

KYNS KYNS (1340 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station that is City of license, licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States and serves the San Luis Obispo area. The station is owned by Martha Fahnoe, through licensee Dimes Media ...

to Martha Fahnoe's Dimes Media Corporation for $1 million; the sale closed on January 15, 2015. In 2023, "The Beach" picked up Bob Srei's "Grunge Garage" which air at sister station KYNS prior to the switch from Alternative to Country.

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* {{Classic Hits Radio Stations in California XDZ Classic hits radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in California