KSDA-FM
Seventh-Day Adventist radio station in Agana Heights, Guam
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KSDA-FM (91.9 FM) is the call sign for the radio station JOY FM broadcast at 91.9 FM from Agana Heights, in the United States territory of Guam.
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| Broadcast area | Guam |
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| Frequency | 91.9 MHz |
| Branding | "Joy FM" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Good News Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | June 3, 1991 (as Joy 92) mid-2008 (as Joy FM) |
Call sign meaning | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 3,800 watts |
| HAAT | 305 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 13.433128°N 144.712796°E |
| Links | |
| Website | joyfmradio |
KSDA began as "Adventist World Radio-Asia" (AWR-Asia) in 1987 and continues to broadcast on shortwave from Agat, Guam to various countries in Asia. In 1990, AWR launched a local FM station at 91.9 MHz. KSDA-FM first broadcast from AWR's Agat studio, and later from Agana Heights.
When AWR shifted its mission away from local broadcasting, KSDA-FM's operation was passed on to the church's Guam-Micronesia Mission in the early 1990s. In 2000, Good News Broadcasting Corporation (GNBC), a non-profit 501-c3 organization composed of members from various Adventist entities on Guam, received KSDA-FM's license from AWR.
The FM station was known as JOY 92 until mid-2008, when GNBC secured a construction permit for a transmitter on Saipan. The Saipan transmitter KORU rebroadcasts the Guam station on 89.9 MHz,[1] necessitating the name change.
