KBOX

The station first signed on December 24, 1968 as KLOM-FM on the 92.7 FM frequency. Originally, the station was owned by Communications Corporation of America and broadcast a middle of the road music format as a simulcast of its AM sister station KLOM (1330 AM, now defunct).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/70s-OCR-YB/1971-YB/1971-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0197.pdf |title=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |magazine=Broadcasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=B-21 |date=1971 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }} On October 9, 1975, Communications Corporation of America sold KLOM-AM-FM to Robert D. Janecek for $200,000.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/75-OCR/1975-10-20-BC-OCR-Page-0055.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=57 |date=October 20, 1975 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

In April 1979, KLOM-FM changed its call letters to KLPC-FM.{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7049&Callsign=KBOX |title=Call Sign History: KBOX |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=July 22, 2018 }} Simultaneously, Janecek sold the station pair to D 'n' T Broadcasting Inc., owned by Richard N. Savage, for $1 million.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-04-30-OCR-Page-0032.pdf |title=Changing Hands |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=32 |date=April 30, 1979 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }} On August 24, 1984, the station switched its call sign to KXCC-FM.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-09-03-OCR-Page-0072.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=74 |date=September 3, 1984 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

On July 16, 1986, Golden Coast Broadcasting Inc. sold KXCC-FM to Broadcast Management Consultants Inc. for $750,000.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-07-28-OCR-Page-0097.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=99 |date=July 28, 1986 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }} The new owner changed the station's call letters to KBOX on November 1.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-11-10-OCR-Page-0102.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=102 |date=November 10, 1986 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

On May 31, 1988, KBOX was granted a construction permit for a transmitter that would broadcast on the 104.1 MHz frequency with an effective radiated power of 5,700 watts at a height above average terrain of {{convert|208|m|ft|sp=us}}.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-08-22-OCR-Page-0071.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=71 |date=August 22, 1988 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }} At the time of the frequency change the following year, the station aired a soft adult contemporary music format. The station was known as "Lite 104.1".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1989-YB/1989-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0127.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |magazine=Broadcasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=B-43 |date=1989 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

In 2000, American General Media took control of KBOX upon closing on its purchase from Broadcast Management Consultants. By 2007, the station adopted an adult hits format under the branding "Pirate Radio".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/00s-OCR-YB/2007-YB/2007-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0384.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States |magazine=Broadcasting Yearbook |publisher=R.R. Bowker |isbn=978-0-8352-4849-5 |page=D-98 |date=2007 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

On January 18, 2010 at 11:30 a.m., high winds in the Santa Maria area triggered a power outage that knocked several stations off the air, including KBOX. The station resumed broadcasting one hour later under generator power.{{cite news |url=https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/week-s-stormy-weather-causes-local-radio-silence/article_2d9a4402-07f5-11df-acd9-001cc4c03286.html |last=Ramos |first=Julian J. |title=Week's stormy weather causes local radio silence |newspaper=Santa Maria Times |date=January 23, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}

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