KGSV
Radio station in Oildale, California, United States
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KGSV (660 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Oildale, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by XL Media (CA) Inc., and airs a South Asian radio format known as "Radio Punjab." Affiliated stations carry the same programming in San Francisco, Sacramento and other West Coast cities.
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| Broadcast area | Bakersfield metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 660 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Punjab |
| Programming | |
| Format | South Asian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | XL Media (CA) Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | July 4, 1987 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54760 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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| ERP | 250 watts (translator) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°27′10.00″N 118°56′40.00″W |
| Translator | 102.5 K273CB (Bakersfield) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | radiopunjab |
KGSV's transmitter is located off Round Mountain Road in Bakersfield.[2] The station's programming is also heard on FM translator K273CB, on 102.5 MHz.[3]
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 call sign to KSMI and on January 22, 1990, back to KGDP.[4]
KGDP and its sister station, 90.5 KGDP-FM in Santa Maria, California, were originally owned by a local Christian group, People of Action, through licensee Radio Representatives, Inc. In August 2008, People of Action declared bankruptcy,[citation needed] 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 simulcast of its San Clemente station, 107.9 KWVE-FM. 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 Family Life Radio.[5]
In 2016, the AM station was sold to XL Media. On September 30, 2016, its call sign was switched to KGSV[6] 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.
