KOAD-LP
Radio station in Hanford, California, United States
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KOAD-LP was a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station.[6] The station was licensed to Hanford, California and serving Hanford, Lemoore, and Kings County in California.[1][2] KOAD-LP was owned by Denise M. White and operated under the Hanford Youth Services, Inc.[1]
Lemoore, California
Kings County, California[2]
- Denise M. White
- (Hanford Youth Services, Inc.)
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| Broadcast area | Hanford, California Lemoore, California Kings County, California[2] |
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| Frequency | 92.5 MHz |
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First air date | February 9, 2015[3] |
Last air date | December 30, 2020[4][1][5] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 196317 |
| Class | L1 |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 24.4 meters (80 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°19′36.4″N 119°38′46.0″W |
History
Leroy Hurte became the radio manager of KOAD radio station in 1968;[7] and from 1968 to 1971 he owned it.[8]
Denise M. White and Hanford Youth Services, Inc. applied for the construction permit to begin the process of building what would become KOAD on November 12, 2013.[9] The station received a License to Cover, allowing it to begin broadcasting, from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 13, 2014.[10]
KOAD-LP signed-on for the first time on February 9, 2015 with a classic rock format.[3] This would bring English-language radio back to Kings County after 20 years.[3] After signing on, local entertainment promotion personality Joey Perez was hired by KOAD-LP for their morning show.[11] By 2016, plans were in place to regionally syndicate the morning show.[11] Other programming included a live, weekly sports show from a Buffalo Wild Wings location in Hanford.[12]
The station made regional headlines in 2018 when a photo, taken by morning show host Joey Perez, of Tom Cruise shooting scenes for Top Gun: Maverick at nearby Naval Air Station Lemoore.[13] Hanford Youth Services received the donation of KNBI in Monterey, California, and per FCC rules, had to request the cancellation of KOAD-LP's license on December 3, 2020. KOAD-LP ceased broadcast operations, but continued to operate over internet radio until April 2022, when the stream was flipped to KMBY Monterey.[14]
Translator
In addition to KOAD-LP's primary frequency, the station's programming was simulcast on the following translator station to widen KOAD-LP's broadcast area.[15][16]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| K272GD | 102.3 FM | Fresno, California | 144742 | 75 | 96 m (315 ft) | D | 36°47′55.8″N 119°47′27.5″W | LMS |