KXTZ

The station first signed on December 7, 1974 as KPGA and broadcast a middle of the road music format.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/70s-OCR-YB/1976-YB/1976-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0276.pdf |title=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |magazine=Broadcasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=C-22 |date=1976 |access-date=July 14, 2018 }} In 1975, original owner James M. Strain sold KPGA to Jack and Lois Gale for $70,000; the deal was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on October 17.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/75-OCR/1975-11-03-BC-OCR-Page-0055.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=55 |date=November 3, 1975 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }} In May 1978, owing to his declining health, Jack Gale sold his share in KPGA to his business partners Charles A. and Patricia Kent, doing business as KPGA Inc., for $6,000.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/78-OCR/1978-05-29-BC-OCR-Page-0049.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=49 |date=May 29, 1978 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }} The Kents sold the adult contemporary music-formatted station to Five Cities Broadcasting Corporation for $500,000 in April 1985.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-04-08-OCR-Page-0152.pdf |title=Changing Hands |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=152 |date=April 8, 1985 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/80s/85/RR-1985-04-12-OCR-Page-0008.pdf |title=Five Cities Buys KVEC, KPGA |magazine=Radio and Records |page=8 |date=April 12, 1985 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }}

In September 1989, U.S. Media Company, who took possession of KPGA's license after Five Cities defaulted on a loan in 1986,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-11-23-OCR-Page-0048.pdf |title=California station sale challenged |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=48 |date=November 23, 1987 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }} sold the station to James H. Elison for $1.05 million.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-09-11-OCR-Page-0128.pdf |title=Changing Hands |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=128 |date=September 11, 1989 |access-date=August 2, 2018 }} On March 2, 1990, KPGA changed its call letters to KWBR.

Elison's Maverick Broadcasting Company had reached an agreement to sell KWBR to American General Media for $500,000 in December 1996;{{cite news |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R%26R-1996-12-13-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=Entravision Eyes El Paso Pair |work=Radio and Records |date=December 13, 1996 |access-date=November 23, 2017 }} however, the deal fell through. Instead, the following March, the rock-formatted station was purchased for $350,000 by Winsome Media LLC, based in Cambria, California and owned by Walter D. Howard and Delbert E. Cleft, Jr.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-01-20-OCR-Page-0819.pdf |title=Changing Hands |magazine=Broadcasting and Cable |publisher=R.R. Bowker |page=58 |date=March 17, 1997 |access-date=August 3, 2018 }} On April 17, 1998, the station adopted the KXTZ call sign.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=30108&Callsign=KXTZ |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=June 21, 2009 }}

In April 2002, Howard Broadcasting, Inc. sold KXTZ to Mapleton Communications as part of a three-station deal valued at $1.5 million.{{cite magazine |magazine=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 2002-04-22 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/142449-Changing_Hands.php |date=April 21, 2002 }} The deal was approved by the FCC on May 23, 2002 and the transaction was consummated on July 19.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=600034 |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20020415AAV) |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access |publisher=U.S. Federal Communications Commission |date=July 19, 2002 }}

In late 2014, Mapleton Communications sold KXTZ and sister stations KPYG, KWWV, KXDZ, and KYNS to Martha Fahnoe's Dimes Media Corporation for $1 million. The sale closed on January 15, 2015.

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• {{official website |http://953thebeach.com/ }}
• {{FM station data|30108|KXTZ}}
• [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=76391 FCC History Cards for KXTZ]

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