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KSBL
Carpinteria, California;
Broadcast area	Santa Barbara County - Ventura County
Frequency	101.7 MHz
Branding	K-Lite 101.7
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Rincon Broadcasting; (Rincon Broadcasting LS2 LLC);
Sister stations	KOSJ, KIST-FM, KSPE, KTMS, KTYD
History
First air date	July 1, 1983; 40 years ago (as KGFT)
Former call signs	KGFT (1983–1988); KLIT (1988–1989)
Call sign meaning	Santa Barbara's Lite FM
Technical information
Facility ID	35592
Class	B1
ERP	890 watts; 1,650 watts (CP)
HAAT	496 meters (1,627 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	klite.com

KSBL (101.7 MHz, "K-Lite 101.7") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Carpinteria, California, and serves the Santa Barbara and Oxnard—Ventura, California radio markets. The station is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. Two syndicated shows are heard weekdays on KSBL: Delilah, an evening call-in and request show, and Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh heard overnight.

KSBL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 890 watts. The transmitter is on West Camino Cielo in Goleta.^[1]

History edit

The station first signed on the air on July 1, 1983; 40 years ago (1983-07-01). The call sign was KGFT. It was owned by religious broadcaster Edward G. Atsinger III and featuring Christian talk and teaching shows.^[2] In January 1988, Atsinger, then owner of half of newly-formed Salem Communications Corporation, sold KGFT to Great Electric Communications II Inc. for $1.45 million.^[3]

KGFT changed its call letters to KLIT-FM on April 1, 1988, and adopted a soft adult contemporary music format.^[4] The call sign switched again on October 16, 1989 to KSBL.^[5]

In July 1995, Great Electric Communications II Inc. sold KSBL to Criterion Media Group Inc. for $1.33 million, thus bringing the station under common ownership with KQSB and KTYD.^[6] Less than two years later, in March 1997, Criterion sold the station along with KQSB and KTYD to Jacor Communications for $13.5 million;^[7] Jacor was subsequently purchased by Clear Channel Communications.

In January 2007, Clear Channel sold its six Santa Barbara stations, including KSBL, to Rincon Broadcasting LLC for $17.3 million. Rincon, a subsidiary of Ventura-based Point Broadcasting, officially took control of the cluster on January 16.^[8]^[9]

On September 10, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted KSBL a construction permit, good for three years, to start transmitting from a facility atop Santa Cruz Island with a directional 1,650-watt signal, licensed to Isla Vista, California.^[10]

References edit

^ Radio-Locator.com/KSBL
^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1982. p. C-21. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ "McCormick Back In Radio Biz With $3.5 Million Savannah Combo" (PDF). Radio & Records. January 29, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ "Call Letters: Grants" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. April 4, 1988. p. 146. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ "Call Sign History: KSBL". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ "Palmer Broadcasting Enters Cedar Rapids, IA For $14 Million" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 7, 1995. pp. 4, 6. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Elsevier Inc. March 24, 1997. p. 47. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
^ Mackie, Drew (January 11, 2007). "Clear Channel Sells Santa Barbara Stations". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ "Deal of the Week" (PDF). Radio & Records. January 19, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ "KSBL ISLA VISTA CA US FULL-SERVICE FM Channel 269 101.7 MHz". FCCData.org. Retrieved February 24, 2024.