KROP
Simulcasts KGBA-FM Holtville | |
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Broadcast area | Imperial Valley |
Frequency | 1300 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Christian radio |
Affiliations | SRN News |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Voice of International Christian Evangelism, Inc. |
KGBA, KGBA-FM | |
History | |
First air date | November 1946 |
Former call signs | KROP (1946–1998) KKSC (1998–2001) |
Call sign meaning | Crop (The Imperial Valley is an agricultural region.) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 63470 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000 watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°0′40″N 115°31′16″W / 33.01111°N 115.52111°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kgba.org |
KROP (1300
By day, the station is powered at 1,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1300 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 500 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna.[1]
History
The station first
KROP had several music formats from the 1950s to the early 1980s, when it switched to a Talk radio format. In 1995, it flipped to country music. This lasted until 1998, when the station became KKSC, "ESPN 1300", a sports radio station affiliated with ESPN Radio. Though the station's audience grew with the sports format, KKSC had trouble selling the format to advertisers, rendering the station dependent on the profits of sister station 96.1 KSIQ.
Commonwealth Communications purchased the station from Stodelle Broadcasting in 1999. Two years later, the station changed back to KROP and began playing a
After KSIQ was moved into the
On August 1, 2014, KROP returned to classic country, citing low advertising revenues for the talk radio format.[5]
It was reported on January 1, 2018, that KROP went off the air. The phone numbers for both KROP and its owner, LarDog, have been disconnected.[6] The website is also not available. After briefly resuming operations in August, a lightning strike put the station off the air on August 27.
On June 11, 2019, LarDog filed to donate KROP to The Voice of International Christian Evangelism, which owns KGBA-AM-FM in Holtville.[7] The donation was consummated on August 12, 2019.
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KROP
- ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1968 page B-15, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ Ruth, Brooke (April 3, 2010). "KROP AM 1300 off air, may be sold". Imperial Valley Press. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ "Limbaugh: KROP Dusted". Daily Kos. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "KROP 1300 is off air". Imperial Valley Press. January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Venta, Lance (2019-06-14). "Station Sales Week Of 6/14". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KROP
- KROP in the FCC AM station database
- KROP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database