KFYV

KFYV
City Ojai, California
Broadcast area Oxnard-Ventura, California
Branding Live 105.5
Slogan "Today's Hit Music"
Frequency 105.5 MHz
Repeater(s) 105.5 KFYV-FM1 (Oak View, CA)
105.5 KFYV-FM2 (Ventura, CA)
First air date January 4, 1972
Format Top 40 (CHR)
ERP 310 watts
HAAT 438 meters (1,437 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 7744
Transmitter coordinates 34°20′55″N 119°20′13″W / 34.348611°N 119.336944°W / 34.348611; -119.336944
Former callsigns KOVA (1972–1984)
KMYX (1984–1989)
KKUR (1989–1997)
KKBE (1997–2003)
Owner Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC
Sister stations KCAQ, KOCP, KOSJ, KQAV
Webcast Listen Live
Website live1055.fm

KFYV (105.5 MHz, "Live 105.5") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ojai, California and broadcasting to the Oxnard-Ventura radio market. The station is owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC and airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR) format. The studio is located in Ventura and the transmitter is situated among several other radio and television towers off Red Mountain Fire Road in Ventura.[1] KFYV uses two booster stations to strengthen its signal: KFYV-FM1 in Oak View and KFYV-FM2 in Ventura, both at the 105.5 FM frequency.

KFYV is the Ventura County radio home of On Air with Ryan Seacrest on weekdays and American Top 40 on weekends.

History

KOVA

The station first signed on January 4, 1972 as KOVA. It was owned by Fred Hall and played a variety of big band, adult standards, and classical music, together forming a radio format described as "Good Music".[2] The station also aired reruns of old radio shows such as Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, and The Shadow. In March 1979, Hall sold KOVA to Frank Spencer for $375,000.[3]

KMYX - "K-Mix 106"

New station general manager and longtime Ventura County broadcaster Michael R. Thomas enacted sweeping changes. Initially, Thomas switched KOVA to an easy listening format after KACY-FM (104.7) dropped it in favor of top 40 as "Q105".[4] That format was short-lived, however, as he flipped the station to an urban contemporary format branded "K-Mix 106" on January 24, 1984, adopting new call letters KMYX.[5][6] K-Mix was programmed by Howard Thomas (known on-air as "H.T."), son of the station's GM. The elder Thomas would purchase the station from Spencer in 1986.[7] In the Arbitron Spring 1987 ratings report, KMYX landed in a three-way tie for first place in the Oxnard-Ventura market with KCAQ and regional Mexican outlet KOXR overall, beating Q105 among adults 18-34.[6]

As the 1980s drew to a close, so did the K-Mix 106 era. Howard Thomas died in an automobile accident in Los Angeles in August 1988.[8][9] In March 1989, the elder Thomas changed KMYX's format to country music with on-air talent that included local radio veterans K.M. "The Rebel" Richards, Bob Stevens, and Steve Carr.[10] However, that format only lasted until November of that same year.

KKUR and KKBE

Thomas sold the station to a Los Angeles group owner who changed the call letters to KKUR and the format to hot adult contemporary.[11][12]

In December 1996, Gold Coast Broadcasting Inc. purchased the station, then known as KTND, and AM sister station KXSP for $2 million.[13] The new owner adopted a soft rock format as "The Breeze" with new call letters KKBE.[14]

KFYV - "Live 105.5"

In 2003, KKBE was relaunched as KFYV, a top 40 station branded "Live 105.5", under the guidance of program director and morning personality Mark Elliott.[15] Elliott, a veteran of the Oxnard-Ventura radio market, joined Gold Coast Broadcasting as the Director of Programming and Broadcast Operations after leaving Cumulus Media station KBBY-FM in Ventura.[16]

KFYV programming includes a daily rebroadcast of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, originating from KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, and American Top 40, also hosted by Ryan Seacrest, on weekends.

References

  1. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KFYV
  2. ↑ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1974. p. B-24. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. March 19, 1979. p. 94. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1983. p. B-28. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "For the Record: Call Letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. February 6, 1984. p. 182. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Love, Walt (August 14, 1987). "Small Market Winners With Major Market Strategies" (PDF). Radio and Records. p. 52. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. November 10, 1986. p. 96. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "KMYX PD Thomas Dies In Car Crash" (PDF). Radio and Records. August 19, 1988. p. 20. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ Gordinier, Jeff (August 18, 1988). "Fatal Crash : Santa Paula Boxer Faces Hardest Fight". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Have You Heard" (PDF). Radio and Records. May 5, 1989. p. 66. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ "For The Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. December 11, 1989. p. 88. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). The Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1990. p. B-40. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Entravision Eyes El Paso Pair" (PDF). Radio and Records. December 13, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 1999. p. D-53. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Street Talk" (PDF). Radio and Records. April 4, 2003. p. 24. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Street Talk" (PDF). Radio and Records. December 20, 2002. p. 22. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

Coordinates: 34°20′55″N 119°20′16″W / 34.3486°N 119.3379°W / 34.3486; -119.3379

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