KKDV
Simulcast of MHz | |
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Branding | Bay Country 92.1 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KKIQ, KUIC | |
History | |
First air date | December 10, 1959 | (as KWME)
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Diablo Valley |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 36032 |
Class | A |
ERP | 3,000 watts |
HAAT | 24 meters (79 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°54′02″N 122°05′07″W / 37.90056°N 122.08528°W |
Translator(s) | 92.1 KKDV-3-FM (Martinez) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kbaycountry.com |
KKDV (92.1
KKDV shares studios and offices with co-owned KKIQ 101.7 FM in Pleasanton. KKDV's primary transmitter site is on Dunsyre Drive in Lafayette.[1] It utilizes a 253-watt booster station in Martinez, KKDV-FM3 also on 92.1 MHz.[2]
History
KWME and KDFM
The station
Its call letters switched to KDFM in 1964. It played automated beautiful music, with quarter hour sweeps of soft instrumentals with limited talk and commercials.
KINQ, KKIS-FM and KZWC
In 1983, the station changed its call letters to KINQ and switched its former
On October 31, 1994, KKIS-AM-FM dropped the AC format. Both stations flipped to
KFJO, KABL-FM and KKDV
Between 1998 and 2004, 92.1 was KFJO, simulcasting 92.3 FM KSJO San Jose, as 92 KSJO, along with 92.7 FM KXJO in San Francisco and 92.7 FM KMJO in Santa Cruz. It briefly spent time as KABL-FM. It simulcast KABL 960 (now KNEW), which was a long-time adult standards station in the Bay Area.
It switched its call letters to KKDV in 2005. 92.1 flipped to country music on April 6, 2022, as "Bay Country" KKDV. It is a simulcast of KBAY 94.5, which is based in the South Bay.[4]
From July 28 through July 30, 2023, KKDV and KBAY played all-Taylor Swift songs for The Eras Tour.[5]
See also
- KGMZ-FM KKDV call letters history
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KKDV
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KKDV-3-FM
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 page B-26, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ "Country To Remain In Bay Area As KBAY And KKDV Become Bay Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "KBAY Transforms Into Tay Bay for Taylor Swift Concerts". RADIO ONLINE. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
External links
- KKDV in the FCC FM station database
- KKDV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database