KKDV (92.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Walnut Creek, California, and serving central Contra Costa County. It is owned by Alpha Media and it simulcasts the country music radio format of sister station 94.5 KBAY. KKDV targets listeners in the Diablo Valley who cannot get good reception from KBAY's transmitter in the South Bay. KBAY and KKDV carry The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time, syndicated from Nashville.
| Simulcast of KBAY Gilroy | |
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| Broadcast area | Diablo Valley |
| Frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| 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[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36032 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 24 meters (79 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°54′2″N 122°5′7″W / 37.90056°N 122.08528°W |
| Translator(s) | 92.1 KKDV-FM3 (Martinez) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kbaycountry.com |
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.[2] It utilizes a 253-watt booster station in Martinez, KKDV-FM3 also on 92.1 MHz.[3]
History
editKWME and KDFM
editThe station signed on the air on December 10, 1959.[4] Its original call sign was KWME. It was owned by Walnut Creek Broadcasters with studios on Mount Diablo Boulevard.
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
editIn 1983, the station changed its call letters to KINQ and switched its former easy listening format to adult contemporary. In 1986, the playlist stepped up the tempo, becoming Hot AC, right after it switched its call sign to KKIS-FM to match its sister station, KKIS 990 AM (now KATD). During the fall of 1991, the station's Hot AC format eased back to a mainstream adult contemporary sound, and its sister station KKIS 990 AM began simulcasting KKIS-FM.
On October 31, 1994, KKIS-AM-FM dropped the AC format. Both stations flipped to Spanish-language Talk, as part of The "Z Spanish Network." Its call letters changed to KZWC.
KFJO, KABL-FM and KKDV
editBetween 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 callsign 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.[5]
From July 28 through July 30, 2023, KKDV and KBAY played all-Taylor Swift songs for The Eras Tour.[6]
See also
edit- KGMZ-FM KKDV call letters history
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKDV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ 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
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 36032 (KKDV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KKDV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database