KSBL
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = KSBL-FM.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| name = KSBL
| city = Carpinteria, California
| area = Santa Barbara County - Ventura County
| branding = K-Lite 101.7
| frequency = 101.7 MHz
| airdate = {{start date and age|1983|7|1}} (as KGFT)
| format = Adult contemporary
| erp = 890 watts
1,650 watts (CP)
| haat = {{convert|496|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B1
| facility_id = 35592
| callsign_meaning = Santa Barbara's Lite FM
| former_callsigns = KGFT (1983–1988)
KLIT (1988–1989)
| owner = Rincon Broadcasting
| licensee = Rincon Broadcasting LS2 LLC
| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
| sister_stations = KOSJ, KIST-FM, KSPE, KTMS, KTYD
| webcast = {{URL |https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/KSBL |Listen Live }}
| website = {{URL |http://www.klite.com/ |klite.com }}
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KSBL (101.7 MHz, "K-Lite 101.7") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Carpinteria, California, and serves the Santa Barbara and Oxnard—Ventura, California radio markets. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. Two syndicated shows are heard weekdays on KSBL: Delilah, an evening call-in and request show, and Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh heard overnight.
KSBL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 890 watts. The transmitter is on West Camino Cielo in Goleta.[https://radio-locator.com/info/KSBL-FM?loc=34.42580%2C-119.71419&locn=Santa%20Barbara%2C%20California Radio-Locator.com/KSBL]
History
The station first signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1983|7|1}}. The call sign was KGFT. It was owned by religious broadcaster Edward G. Atsinger III and featuring Christian talk and teaching shows.{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1982-YB/1982-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0309.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |work=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=C-21 |date=1982 |access-date=May 13, 2018 }} In January 1988, Atsinger, then owner of half of newly-formed Salem Communications Corporation, sold KGFT to Great Electric Communications II Inc. for $1.45 million.{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/80s/88/RR-1988-01-29-OCR-Page-0010.pdf |title=McCormick Back In Radio Biz With $3.5 Million Savannah Combo |work=Radio & Records |page=10 |date=January 29, 1988 |access-date=May 13, 2018 }}
KGFT changed its call letters to KLIT-FM on April 1, 1988, and adopted a soft adult contemporary music format.{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-04-04-OCR-Page-0146.pdf |title=Call Letters: Grants |work=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=146 |date=April 4, 1988 |access-date=May 13, 2018 }} The call sign switched again on October 16, 1989 to KSBL.{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35592&Callsign=KSBL |title=Call Sign History: KSBL |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=May 13, 2018 }}
In July 1995, Great Electric Communications II Inc. sold KSBL to Criterion Media Group Inc. for $1.33 million, thus bringing the station under common ownership with KQSB and KTYD.{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/95/RR-1995-07-07-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=Palmer Broadcasting Enters Cedar Rapids, IA For $14 Million |work=Radio & Records |pages=4, 6 |date=July 7, 1995 |access-date=May 13, 2018 }} Less than two years later, in March 1997, Criterion sold the station along with KQSB and KTYD to Jacor Communications for $13.5 million;{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-03-24.pdf |title=Changing Hands |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc. |page=47 |date=March 24, 1997 |access-date=May 13, 2018 }} Jacor was subsequently purchased by Clear Channel Communications.
In January 2007, Clear Channel sold its six Santa Barbara stations, including KSBL, to Rincon Broadcasting LLC for $17.3 million. Rincon, a subsidiary of Ventura-based Point Broadcasting, officially took control of the cluster on January 16.{{cite news |last=Mackie |first=Drew |date=January 11, 2007 |title=Clear Channel Sells Santa Barbara Stations |url=http://independent.com/news/2007/jan/11/clear-channel-sells-santa-barb |work=Santa Barbara Independent |access-date=March 16, 2018 }}{{cite news |date=January 19, 2007 |title=Deal of the Week |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/07/RR-2007-01-19-OCR-Page-0008.pdf |work=Radio & Records |access-date=March 16, 2018 }}
On September 10, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted KSBL a construction permit, good for three years, to start transmitting from a facility atop Santa Cruz Island with a directional 1,650-watt signal, licensed to Isla Vista, California.{{cite web |url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=35592|title=KSBL ISLA VISTA CA US FULL-SERVICE FM Channel 269 101.7 MHz |website=FCCData.org |access-date=February 24, 2024 }}
References
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External links
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=71979 FCC History Cards for KSBL]
- {{official website |url=http://www.klite.com/ }}
- {{FM station data|743206|KSBL}}
{{Santa Barbara Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in California}}
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Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States