KKCY
KKCY (103.1 FM, "Country 103.1") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Colusa, California, United States, the station serves the Yuba City-Marysville area. The station is currently owned by Results Radio of Chico Licensee, LLC and features programming from Westwood One .[1] The KKCY morning team of Dave & Briggs has anchored the station since 2003.
Broadcast area | Yuba City-Marysville-Colusa-Oroville |
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Frequency | 103.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | The Sutter Buttes Best Country |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Subchannels | HD2:95.5 (Top 40 (CHR)) |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Results Radio of Chico Licensee, LLC |
History | |
First air date | 1989 (as KKLU at 96.5) |
Former call signs | KKLU (1989-1990) |
Former frequencies | 96.5 MHz (1989-1990) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 52507 |
Class | A |
ERP | 135 watts |
HAAT | 599 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°12′21″N 121°49′11″W |
Translator(s) | HD2: 95.5 K238AV (Yuba City) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
Website | kkcy.com |
History
The station went on the air as KKLU at 96.5 MHz on 1989-06-05, from its co-located studio and transmitter site in downtown Colusa. In January 1990, KKLU changed frequency to 103.1 and later that year, significantly increased coverage (now heard from Chico to Sacramento), when it began transmitting from the Sutter Buttes. On 1990-09-08, the station changed its call sign to the current KKCY.[2]
KKCY-HD2
KKCY’s sister station Power 95-5 broadcasts on the KKCY HD-2 sub-sub channel and is rebroadcast on 95.5 FM.
References
- "KKCY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- "KKCY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- KKCY in the FCC FM station database
- KKCY on Radio-Locator
- KKCY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- K238AV in the FCC FM station database
- K238AV on Radio-Locator