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Radio station in Lompoc, California, United States

BrandingLa Mejor 106.7 FM

KSMY
Programming
Lompoc, California United States
Broadcast area	Santa Maria
Frequency	106.7 MHz
Branding	La Mejor 106.7 FM
Language	Spanish
Format	Oldies
Ownership
Owner	Lazer Media (Lazer Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date	1997 (1997)
Former call signs	KAKV (1995–2000)
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63553
Class	B1
ERP	3,500 watts
HAAT	268 meters (879 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°44′31″N 120°26′46″W / 34.74194°N 120.44611°W / 34.74194; -120.44611
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	lamejornetwork.com

KSMY (106.7 FM, "La Mejor 106.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Lompoc, California, United States and serves the Santa Maria—Lompoc area. The station is owned by Alfredo Plascencia's Lazer Media, through licensee Lazer Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts a Spanish oldies format.

The station first signed on in 1997 as KAKV and originally was owned by Stuart McRae.^[2] The station aired an adult standards format.^[3] On January 21, 2000, KAKV changed its call letters to KSMY.^[4]

In February 2000, McRae Media Group sold KSMY, then broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format, to Fresno, California-based Bathysphere Broadcasting Corporation for $525,000.^[5] The station changed hands once more in September when Bathysphere sold 11 stations throughout Central California, plus a construction permit for KSMY, to Clear Channel Communications for $45 million. The permit authorized KSMY to operate with an effective radiated power of 1,650 watts at 377 meters (1,237 ft) height above average terrain.^[6]

On July 15, 2002, KSMY switched formats from oldies to hot adult contemporary, identifying as "My 106.7".^[7]

On June 29, 2007, Clear Channel divested 16 stations in California and Arizona, including KSMY, to private equity firm Frontier Capital Partners for $40 million. At the time of the sale, the station aired a Spanish adult hits format known as "La Preciosa".^[8]

In May 2009, El Dorado Broadcasters dropped La Preciosa from KSMY in favor of Spanish adult contemporary with the branding "El Compa". The new format emphasized hit songs from the 1980s to the present.^[9]

In 2016, El Dorado sold all of its stations in the Santa Maria radio market. KSMY was sold to Lazer Broadcasting for $400,000.^[10] Lazer flipped the station to Spanish oldies and rebranded it as "La Mejor".

References

↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSMY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 1998. p. D-49. ISBN 0-8352-4003-7. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ "Format Changes & Updates" (PDF). The M Street Journal. Vol. 16, no. 13. Madison, Tennessee: M Street Corporation. March 31, 1999. p. 1. ISSN 1052-7109. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
↑ "Call Sign History: KSMY". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. February 28, 2000. pp. 53–54. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ "ChangingHands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ Jacobson, Adam (August 23, 2002). "Small-Market Reality" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ "Small, Western Groups On Buying Sprees" (PDF). R&R. July 6, 2007. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ "KSMY Chooses "El Compa"". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 4, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
↑ Venta, Lance (March 3, 2016). "El Dorado Sells Again In Santa Maria". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

External links

Official website (La Mejor Network)
Facility details for Facility ID 63553 (KSMY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

KSMY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Santa Maria–Lompoc, California area

By AM frequency

1240
1380
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1440
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By FM frequency

88.1
88.5
89.7
90.5
91.5
95.7
96.7
97.1
99.1
100.3
102.5
103.3
104.1
105.1
106.7

LPFM	105.5 100.9
Translators	90.9 92.9 K225AO K225CG 95.1 98.7 99.5 102.1 102.9 103.7 106.3

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KGDP-FM
KIDI-FM
KLWG
KPAT
KPEG-LP
KRQK
KRQZ
KRTO
KRUZ
KSBQ
KSMA
KSMY
KSNI-FM
KSYV
KTAP
KTNK
KUHL
KVSM
KXFM
KYGS-LP

Radio stations on or near the Central Coast: Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz; Oxnard-Ventura; San Luis Obispo; Santa Barbara; Santa Maria-Lompoc

Other nearby regions: Bakersfield

See also: List of radio stations in California

v t e Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
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Defunct	KDBV – Salinas KDDF – Mecca KESQ – Indio KFVR – Crescent City KNCR – Fortuna KSKD – Livingston
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

v t e Lazer Media
Radio Lazer	KAAT, 103.1 FM KXRS, 105.5 FM KBTW, 104.5 FM KLMM, 94.1 FM KLUN, 103.1 FM KMQA, 100.5 FM KMZR, 92.5 FM KSRN, 107.7 FM KSRT, 107.1 FM KSFN, 1510 AM KWRN, 1550 AM KXLM, 102.9 FM KXSM, 93.1 FM KXZM, 93.7 FM KZER, 1250 AM
La Mejor	KGAM, 106.3 FM KJOR, 104.1 FM KLJR, 96.7 FM KNEZ, 107.3 FM KSGZ, 98.7 FM KSMY, 106.7 FM KXSB, 101.7 FM KAEH, 100.9 FM KXTT, 94.9 FM KIQQ-FM, 103.7 FM
La Mexicana	KCAL, 1410 AM KMLY, 95.1 FM KOXR, 910 AM KSBQ, 1480 AM KMEN-FM, 100.5 FM KTNS, 1060 AM
Latino	KLMG, 97.9 FM KWNZ, 106.3 FM
Other Properties	KZTI, 105.3 FM (English) KSTV-LD (32.1 LATV, 32.2 JTV) Siglo 21

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