KDSS

KDSS (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ely, Nevada. The station is owned by Coates Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a Country music format.[2]

For other articles named KDSS, see KDSS (disambiguation).
KDSS
CityEly, Nevada
Slogan"Country from the Heart"
Frequency92.7 MHz
First air dateDecember 8, 1992
FormatCountry
ERP32,000 watts
HAAT293 meters (962 feet)
ClassC1
Facility ID63558
Transmitter coordinates39°14′46″N 114°55′39″W
Former call signsKBXS[1]
OwnerCoates Broadcasting, Inc.

The station was assigned the KDSS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 8, 1992.[1]

Programming

In addition to its usual music format, programming on KDSS includes Takin’ it Outside, a short program about "living and playing in the Southwestern Outdoors" hosted by Doug Nielsen.[3]

Ownership

On November 30, 2007, Patrick Dennis Coates died at the age of 67.[4] A resident of Ely since 1996, Coates and his wife, Samantha J. Coates, jointly owned 100 percent of privately held Coates Broadcasting, Inc.[5] Samantha Coates died on September 1, 2009 at the age of 72.[6] Ownership of the station and Coates Broadcasting, Inc. has since passed to Karen Livingston, daughter of Patrick and Samantha Coates.[7]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Takin' it Outside - About the Show". My Outdoor TV. Archived from the original on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  4. "Obituaries: Patrick Dennis Coates". The Ely Times. 2007-12-06.
  5. "Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations". Federal Communications Commission. 2007-05-22.
  6. "Obituaries: Samantha Jean Coates". The Ely Times. 2009-09-09.
  7. "Coates Broadcasting Inc". www.buzzfile.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.


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