KCLM

KCLM
City Santa Maria, California
Broadcast area Santa Maria and Lompoc
Branding "KCLU 89.7 FM"
Slogan "NPR For The California Coast"
Frequency 89.7 MHz
Translator(s) 92.1 K209CE (San Luis Obispo, CA)
First air date December 15, 2005
Format Public radio
ERP 2,450 watts
HAAT 569 meters
Class B
Facility ID 87300
Callsign meaning Disambiguation of parent station KCLU
Former callsigns KHFR (2012-2013)
Affiliations NPR
Owner California Lutheran University
Sister stations KCLU (AM), KCLU-FM
Website KCLU.org

KCLM (89.7 MHz) is a non-commercial educational FM radio station licensed to Santa Maria, California and serving the Santa Maria and Lompoc areas. It is rebroadcast via translator K209CE in San Luis Obispo, California on 92.1 MHz. Both KCLM and the translator are owned by California Lutheran University.

History

KHFR (2002-2013)

The FCC granted a construction permit to build the station, given the call letters KHFR,[1] in 2002. In June 2005, KHFR received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to start test broadcasts; the station was officially licensed on December 15, 2005.

KHFR was originally owned by Family Radio, a non-commercial and non-profit operation headed by Harold Camping. The station sold no airtime, as the few outside ministries that air on Family Radio are not charged to be on the air. Programming included traditional Christian music, along with conservative fundamentalist teaching and preaching.

KCLM (2013-present)

On January 25, 2013, Family Radio filed an application with the FCC requesting authorization to sell KHFR and translator K209CE (licensed to San Luis Obispo, California) to California Lutheran University for $475,000. The plan was for the two stations to simulcast public radio station KCLU-FM, which is licensed to Thousand Oaks, California.

On May 6, 2013, after the purchase was consummated, KHFR changed its callsign to KCLM.[1] The station's signal was modified to expand KCLU's programming from the Santa Ynez Valley to the Five Cities area, although the signal can be heard as far north as Morro Bay and Los Osos. KCLU moved translator K209CE to 92.1 in San Luis Obispo, to provide coverage to parts of the city where the primary 89.7 signal is blocked.

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History: KCLM". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

Coordinates: 34°54′36″N 120°11′13″W / 34.910°N 120.187°W / 34.910; -120.187


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