KOSO
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Broadcast area | Modesto metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 92.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 92.9 The Big Dog |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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Former call signs | KHOM (1961–1966)[1] |
Former frequencies | 93.1 MHz (1962–2009)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Mount Oso |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 35426 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | 929thebigdog |
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KOSO (92.9 FM, "The Big Dog") is a commercial radio station licensed to Patterson, California, United States, and serving the Modesto metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station carries a country format with studios in Modesto and transmitter sited off West Hatch Road in Riverdale Park, California, near the Tuolumne River. (The tower was originally near Mount Oso, from which it got its call sign.)
KOSO broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format.
History
On June 8, 1966, KOSO signed on the air.[3] It originally broadcast on 93.1 MHz and was powered at 1,100 watts. It was owned by the Sierra-Pacific Radio Corporation, with studios and offices in Modesto.[citation needed]
The station previously had an adult contemporary format and was branded as "KO93". The mainstream AC format continued until the summer of 1995, when the station was rebranded as "B93". As a result, the station shifted to a hot AC format.
In 1997, B93 began to transition towards a modern AC format, adding more alternative rock-leaning artists such as Alanis Morissette, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms, and The Cranberries to its playlist.
In 2000, Clear Channel Communications, the forerunner to today's iHeartMedia, acquired KOSO.[4] Clear Channel needed the station to bring a "move-in station" to the Sacramento radio market.
On June 1, 2009, at midnight, KOSO moved from 93.1 MHz to 92.9 MHz as a result of the start of 93.1 FM KHJQ Pollock Pines, near Sacramento, which began broadcasting in June 2009. That station today is KFBK-FM, co-owned with KOSO.
On October 2, 2012, KOSO shifted its format to hot AC, branded as "Radio 92.9".[5] On March 2, 2015, KOSO returned to its "B93" branding.[6]
On July 1, 2016, at 12 noon, KOSO changed its format from hot AC to country music, branded as "92.9 The Big Dog".[7]
References
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- ^ a b History Cards for KOSO, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KOSO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 page B-21
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 page D-95
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (October 4, 2012). "More Hit Radio for Modesto". Radio Insight.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (March 2, 2015). "B93 Returns to Modesto". Radio Insight.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (July 1, 2016). "KOSO MAKES FLIP TO BIG DOG COUNTRY". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
External links
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- KOSO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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