KXOL-FM
MHz | |
Branding | Mega 96.3 fm |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Spanish CHR |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KLAX-FM | |
History | |
First air date | 1949 (as KRKD-FM) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Similar to "sol", the Spanish word for "sun" |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 28848 |
Class | B |
ERP | 6,600 watts |
HAAT | 398 meters (1,306 ft) |
Repeater(s) | 96.3 KXOL-FM-1 (Santa Clarita) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | lamusica.com/en/stations/kxol |
KXOL-FM (96.3
History
Early years
The station first
Foursquare Gospel Church
In the late 1960s, KRKD AM and FM were partially
For years, the station played traditional
Sale to SBS
After fifty years of owning KFSG, the Foursquare Church sold the station in 2003 to the Spanish Broadcasting System.[5] It was a $250 million sale. On April 30, 2001, KFSG moved its programming and call sign to FM 93.5 in Redondo Beach (now KDAY), but dropped the music and went with all-religious talk programming full-time. SBS owned the station at 93.5 and leased it to Foursquare as part of its purchase of the more powerful 96.3 frequency. (93.5 operated at 6,000 watts while 96.3 ran 54,000 watts.) In 2003, the 93.5 lease ended and SBS regained control of the station, ending Foursquare's run in Southern California radio.
On May 9, 2001, SBS flipped 96.3 a
Lawsuit with Emmis Communications
In 2005, SBS decided to drop KXOL's Spanish adult contemporary format for
Latino 96.3 and LA 96.3
KXOL had success as a Latin Urban outlet, partly due to KXOL snatching some of (the now-defunct)
Mega 96.3
On May 16, 2014, at 2 p.m., KXOL changed formats to Spanish AC as Mega 96.3 to compete with KLVE K-Love 107.5.[6] By November 2014, KXOL switched to a Spanish CHR format, still calling itself "Mega 96.3" while returning to the slogan "LA's Party Station."
References
External links
- FCC History Cards for KXOL
- KXOL-FM official website
- KXOL in the FCC FM station database
- KXOL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database