KSPE
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Broadcast area | Santa Barbara County, California |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 94.5 MHz |
| Branding | "La Musical 94.5 FM" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic regional Mexican |
| Ownership | |
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| KIST-FM, KOSJ, KSBL, KTMS, KTYD | |
| History | |
First air date | February 6, 1989 (as KCQR) |
Former call signs | KCQR (1989–1995) KSPE-FM (1995–2010) KIST-FM (2010) KFYZ (2010–2017) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 61058 | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 810 watts 880 watts with beam tilt |
| HAAT | 899 meters (2,949 ft) |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
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KSPE (94.5 FM, "La Musical 94.5 FM") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Ellwood, California, a district of Goleta in Santa Barbara County. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts a classic regional Mexican music format. The KSPE studios and offices are on East Cota Street in Santa Barbara and the transmitter is located on West Camino Cielo in the Los Padres National Forest.[2] While the station's effective radiated power is only 810 watts, the tower is 2,949 feet (899 m) in height above average terrain, making KSPE a Class B FM station covering the Santa Barbara radio market and parts of Oxnard—Ventura.
History
The station first signed on on April 6, 1989 as KCQR, an album-oriented rock station calling itself "94 Rock". It was owned by South West Broadcasting, Inc.[3] In 1994, the station was sold to Spectacular Broadcasting, Inc. for $1.2 million.[4][5] The following year, KCQR changed its call sign to KSPE-FM[6] to match that of co-owned station KSPE (1490 AM) in Santa Barbara and began simulcasting the AM's regional Mexican music format,[5] with both stations branded "La Musical".
In October 1998, Spectacular sold KSPE-FM and its AM counterpart to Jacor Communications (later Clear Channel Communications) for $4.6 million.[7] The AM station switched its call letters to KBKO, while KSPE-FM was separately programmed as "La Preciosa", playing regional Mexican oldies.[8]
On January 11, 2007, Clear Channel sold all of its radio stations in Santa Barbara, including KSPE-FM, to Rincon Broadcasting for $17.3 million.[9][10]
KSPE-FM changed call letters in 2010, first to KIST-FM on July 19, then to KFYZ on September 10.[6] The Spanish oldies format remained until December 21, 2010, when the station flipped to top 40 with the branding "Z94.5".[11]
In September 2017, the station reverted to its previous classic regional Mexican format, this time with the call letters KSPE and branded as "La Musical".[12]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KSPE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Predicted Coverage Area for KSPE 94.5 FM, Ellwood, CA". Radio-Locator.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1990. p. B-32. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lincoln Group Forms Rochester Duopoly With $5.5 Million WPXY-FM" (PDF). Radio & Records. October 21, 1994. p. 6. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 1996. p. B-58. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History: KSPE". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Paul Allen Buys A Pair In Portland" (PDF). Radio & Records. October 30, 1998. p. 6. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of Radio Stations in the United States" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 2006. p. D-94. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mackie, Drew (January 11, 2007). "Clear Channel Sells Santa Barbara Stations". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deal of the Week" (PDF). R&R. January 19, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (December 23, 2010). "Z94.5 Debuts In Santa Barbara". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (September 19, 2017). "Rincon Broadcasting Flips Two In Santa Barbara". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
External links
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- KSPE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC Public Inspection File contour map
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