KCOD
{{for|the airport serving Cody, Wyoming assigned the ICAO code KCOD|Yellowstone Regional Airport}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KCOD
| logo = KCOD Coachella FM logo.png
| city = Palm Springs, California
| area = Coachella Valley
| branding = KCOD Coachella FM
| frequency = 1450 kHz
| translator = K260DE (99.9 MHz, Palm Desert)
| airdate = {{start date|1954}} (as KPAL)[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1972/B%20Radio%20YB%201972%20All-10.pdf 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook], Broadcasting, 1972. p. B-24. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
| last_airdate = {{end date|2020|8|6}}
| format = Defunct (was College/community radio)
| power = 960 watts
| class = C
| facility_id = 35496
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|33|48|7|N|116|27|44|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark}}}}
| callsign_meaning = College of the Desert
| former_callsigns = KPAL (1954–1971)
KPSI (1971–1997)
KGAM (1997–2010)
KPTR (2010–2017)
| owner = College of the Desert
| licensee = Desert Community College District d/b/a College of the Desert
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{TuneIn|KCOD-CoachellaFM-1450-s156673}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.kcodcoachellafm.com/}}
}}
KCOD (1450 AM) was a radio station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States. It served the Coachella Valley area. The station was last owned by College of the Desert. Programming was also simulcast on translator station K260DE (99.9 FM) in Palm Desert.
The transmitter and broadcast tower were located between Palm Springs and Cathedral City on Dinah Shore Drive. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower was {{convert|52|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} tall.[http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=600652 FCC Antenna Structure Registration database]
History
The station began broadcasting in 1954, and held the call sign KPAL.[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43948 History Cards for KCOD], fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019. On February 9, 1971, its call sign was changed to KPSI. KPSI aired a middle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/C-All%20%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-12.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1979], Broadcasting, 1979. p. C-25. Retrieved September 22, 2019. By 1983, the station had adopted a talk format.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1983/B-Radio-1983-YB.pdf Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983], Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1983. p. B-28. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
On September 1, 1997, its call sign was changed to KGAM and on September 15, it adopted an adult standards format.[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35496&Callsign=DKCOD35496 Call Sign History], fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019."[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1997-09.pdf Format Changes & Updates]", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 35. September 3, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2019. In 1998, talk programming was added during the day and it eventually returned to a full-time news-talk format, airing syndicated talk shows, with hosts such as Michael Savage, G. Gordon Liddy, and Dave Ramsey."[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1998-05.pdf Format Changes & Updates]", The M Street Journal. Vol. 15, No. 21. May 27, 1998. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2019.{{cite web |url=http://kgam.com/program.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413080712/http://kgam.com/program.htm |title=Program Schedule |publisher=KGAM |archive-date=April 13, 2003 |accessdate=September 22, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.kgam.com/program.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116230144/http://www.kgam.com/program.htm|title=Program Schedule |publisher=KGAM |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |accessdate=September 22, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} It also aired CNN Headline News and Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee mornings and broadcast Los Angeles Lakers, Angels, and Oakland Raiders games.
On February 2, 2010, the station's call sign was changed to KPTR, and it became a progressive talk station, a format and call sign transferred from 1340 AM (which became KWXY).{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Palm Springs Station Shuffle|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/netgnomes/1556/palm-springs-station-shuffle/|accessdate=February 3, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=February 1, 2010}} R & R donated KPTR to College of the Desert on November 1, 2016.{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1721756&Service=AM&Form_id=314&Facility_id=35496|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=February 3, 2017|date=February 22, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1743513&Service=AM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=35496|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=February 3, 2017|date=November 1, 2016}} The college elected to operate the station as a noncommercial station; in preparation for the change, R & R took KPTR silent on July 10, 2016.{{cite web|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1733400&Service=AM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=35496|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=February 3, 2017|date=July 13, 2016}} The progressive talk format was relocated to KWXY; that station would go silent as well one month later.{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Palm Springs AM Duo To Go Dark|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/107568/palm-springs-am-duo-to-go-dark/|accessdate=February 3, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=August 3, 2016}}
KPTR changed its call letters to KCOD on January 8, 2017;{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (KCOD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35496&Callsign=DKCOD|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=February 3, 2017}} in a December 2016 filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), College of the Desert said that it would return the station to the air by April.{{cite web|title=Request to Extend STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1747590&Service=AM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=35496|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=February 3, 2017|date=December 22, 2016}} The station resumed broadcasting May 27, 2017.{{cite web |title=Resumption of Operations |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1757968&Form_id=910&Facility_id=35496 |accessdate=March 17, 2019 |date=May 30, 2017}} College of the Desert had already operated KCOD since 2011 as an Internet radio station from studios on the college's campus in Palm Desert; in 2018, KCOD moved to the adjacent former KEZN studios.{{cite news |title=KCOD's new home offers more media opportunities for students |url=http://thechaparral.net/2018/09/24/kcods-new-home-offers-more-media-opportunities-for-students/ |accessdate=March 17, 2019 |work=The Chaparral |date=September 24, 2018}}
After having been silent since August 6, 2020, KCOD and K260DE's licenses were surrendered on August 2, 2021, and were cancelled the following day.[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=98444 Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent]", fcc.gov. June 8, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021."[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=98914 K260DE, Palm Desert, California (FIN: 200930) KCOD(FM), Palm Springs, California (FIN: 35496) Cancellation of Licenses]", fcc.gov. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
Translator
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = KCOD
| width =
| call1 = DK260DE
| freq1 = 99.9
| fid1 = 200930
| watts1 = 50
| class1 = D
| city1 = Palm Desert, California
| coord1 = {{coord|33|44|0.3|N|116|23|5.7|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=K260DE}}
| notes1 =
}}
References
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External links
- [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=35496 Facility details for Facility ID 35496 (KCOD)] in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=43948 FCC History Cards for KCOD] (covering 1950-1981 as KPAL / KPSI)
{{Palm Springs Radio}}
{{California college radio}}
Category:Mass media in Riverside County, California
Category:Culture of Palm Springs, California
Category:Radio stations established in 1954
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2021
Category:1954 establishments in California
Category:2021 disestablishments in California