KSLY

KSLY
City San Luis Obispo, California
Broadcast area San Luis Obispo, California
Branding K-Love
Slogan "Positive, Encouraging"
Frequency 96.1 MHz
First air date December 1959 (as KATY-FM)
Format Contemporary Christian
ERP 3,600 watts
HAAT 502 meters (1,647 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 58894
Former callsigns KATY-FM (1959-1973)
KUNA (1973-1979)
KUNA-FM (1979-1980)
KUNA (1980-1984)
KSLY-FM (1984-2016)
Affiliations K-Love
Owner Educational Media Foundation
Website klove.com

KSLY (96.1 MHz, "K-Love") is a non-commercial FM radio station that is licensed to and serves the San Luis Obispo, California area. Owned by Educational Media Foundation, the station carries a contemporary Christian music format from the nationally syndicated K-Love network as of October 16, 2016.

History

Early years

The station first signed on in December 1959 as KATY-FM, simulcasting then-sister station KATY.[1] It adopted the callsign KUNA in 1973.

In January 1976, KSLY Broadcasting Company sold KUNA and AM counterpart KSLY to a Chicago-based group for $535,000.[2] KUNA, which aired a beautiful music format, changed its call letters to KUNA-FM on January 15, 1979, then back to KUNA the following year.[3]

KSLY-FM

In February 1984, KUNA switched call signs and formats with KSLY, which aired a top 40 format.[4] The FM station, using new call letters KSLY-FM,[3] adopted the branding "SLY 96-FM".[5]

In September 2000, Mondosphere Broadcasting Inc. sold 11 stations throughout Central California, including KSLY-FM, plus a construction permit for a twelfth station, to Clear Channel Communications Inc. (now iHeartMedia) for $45 million.[6] KSLY-FM dropped its longtime top 40 format in October 2005, flipping to country music and rebranding as "Cat Country 96.1".[7]

In July 2007, KSLY-FM was one of 16 stations in California and Arizona which Clear Channel sold to El Dorado Broadcasters for $40 million.[8]

On April 20, 2012, KSLY-FM dropped its Cat Country moniker and began simulcasting sister station KSNI-FM of Santa Maria. Both stations co-branded as "Sunny Country 102.5 & 96.1".[9]

In May 2016, upon closing of KSNI-FM's sale to American General Media, KSLY-FM dropped its simulcast of Sunny Country and launched a competing country format known as "96.1 SLO Country".[10] This format lasted only two months as the station went silent at the end of June.[11]

On July 15, 2016, El Dorado Broadcasters sold KSLY-FM to Educational Media Foundation for $350,000; the transaction closed in October.[12][13] EMF then flipped the station to its Christian adult contemporary-formatted K-Love network.[11] KSLY-FM changed its callsign to simply KSLY on December 15, 2016.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1960. p. A-121. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. January 5, 1976. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History: KSLY". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Denver, Joel (December 14, 1984). "1984: CHR Is Back And Stronger Than Ever" (PDF). Radio and Records. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Gail (December 14, 1984). "Fighting For A Piece Of The Action" (PDF). Radio and Records. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Street Talk" (PDF). Radio and Records. October 7, 2005. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Price For 16 AZ, CA Clear Channel Stations: $40 Million". AllAccess.com. All Access Music Group. July 11, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (April 20, 2012). "Sunny Country Doubles In California". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 1, 2016). "Ownership Change Leads To Country Split On California Coast". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Venta, Lance (July 22, 2016). "EMF Acquires KSLY-FM San Luis Obispo". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Price For EMF's Purchase Of KSLY/San Luis Obispo: $350,000". AllAccess.com. All Access Music Group. July 22, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ "KFWB-A/Los Angeles Sold Again, This Time To Lotus". AllAccess.com. All Access Music Group. October 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

Coordinates: 35°21′36″N 120°39′22″W / 35.360°N 120.656°W / 35.360; -120.656

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