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KCOD
Broadcast areaCoachella Valley
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingKCOD Coachella FM
Programming
FormatDefunct (was College/community radio)
Ownership
Owner
  • (Desert Community College District d/b/a College of the Desert)
  • History

    First air date

    1954 (1954) (as KPAL)[1]

    Last air date

    August 6, 2020 (2020-08-06)

    Former call signs

    KPAL (1954–1971)
    KPSI (1971–1997)
    KGAM (1997–2010)
    KPTR (2010–2017)

    Call sign meaning

    College of the Desert
    Technical information
    Facility ID35496
    ClassC
    Power960 watts

    Transmitter coordinates

    33°48′7N 116°27′44W / 33.80194°N 116.46222°W / 33.80194; -116.46222
    Translator(s)K260DE (99.9 MHz, Palm Desert)
    Links
    WebcastListen live (via TuneIn)
    Websitewww.kcodcoachellafm.com

    KCOD (1450 AM) was a radio station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States. It served the Coachella Valley area. The station was last owned by College of the Desert. Programming was also simulcast on translator station K260DE (99.9 FM) in Palm Desert.

    The transmitter and broadcast tower were located between Palm Springs and Cathedral City on Dinah Shore Drive. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower was 52 m (171 ft) tall.[2]

    History[edit]

    The station began broadcasting in 1954, and held the call sign KPAL.[3] On February 9, 1971, its call sign was changed to KPSI.[3] KPSI aired a middle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s.[1][4] By 1983, the station had adopted a talk format.[5]

    On September 1, 1997, its call sign was changed to KGAM and on September 15, it adopted an adult standards format.[6][7] In 1998, talk programming was added during the day and it eventually returned to a full-time news-talk format, airing syndicated talk shows, with hosts such as Michael Savage, G. Gordon Liddy, and Dave Ramsey.[8][9][10] It also aired CNN Headline News and Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee mornings and broadcast Los Angeles Lakers, Angels, and Oakland Raiders games.[9][10]

    On February 2, 2010, the station's call sign was changed to KPTR, and it became a progressive talk station, a format and call sign transferred from 1340 AM (which became KWXY).[6][11] R & R donated KPTR to College of the Desert on November 1, 2016.[12][13] The college elected to operate the station as a noncommercial station; in preparation for the change, R & R took KPTR silent on July 10, 2016.[14] The progressive talk format was relocated to KWXY; that station would go silent as well one month later.[15]

    KPTR changed its call letters to KCOD on January 8, 2017;[16] in a December 2016 filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), College of the Desert said that it would return the station to the air by April.[17] The station resumed broadcasting May 27, 2017.[18] College of the Desert had already operated KCOD since 2011 as an Internet radio station from studios on the college's campus in Palm Desert; in 2018, KCOD moved to the adjacent former KEZN studios.[19]

    After having been silent since August 6, 2020, KCOD and K260DE's licenses were surrendered on August 2, 2021, and were cancelled the following day.[20][21]

    Translator[edit]

    Broadcast translator for KCOD
    Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
    DK260DE 99.9 FM Palm Desert, California 200930 50 D 33°44′0.3″N 116°23′5.7″W / 33.733417°N 116.384917°W / 33.733417; -116.384917 (K260DE) LMS

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook, Broadcasting, 1972. p. B-24. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
  • ^ a b History Cards for KCOD, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1979, Broadcasting, 1979. p. C-25. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1983. p. B-28. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 35. September 3, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 15, No. 21. May 27, 1998. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Program Schedule". KGAM. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Program Schedule". KGAM. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  • ^ Venta, Lance (February 1, 2010). "Palm Springs Station Shuffle". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 1, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 13, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ Venta, Lance (August 3, 2016). "Palm Springs AM Duo To Go Dark". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Call Sign History (KCOD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Request to Extend STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 22, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  • ^ "Resumption of Operations". May 30, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  • ^ "KCOD's new home offers more media opportunities for students". The Chaparral. September 24, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  • ^ Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent", fcc.gov. June 8, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  • ^ "K260DE, Palm Desert, California (FIN: 200930) KCOD(FM), Palm Springs, California (FIN: 35496) Cancellation of Licenses", fcc.gov. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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