KDAR
Broadcast area
Oxnard - Ventura - Santa Barbara
98.3 MHz
Branding
98.3 KDAR
Programming
Network
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 28, 1974; 49 years ago (1974-10-28)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
3077
B1
1,500 watts
393 meters (1,289 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°20′55.00″N 119°20′0.4″W / 34.3486111°N 119.333444°W / 34.3486111; -119.333444
98.3 KDAR-1 (Santa Barbara)
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KDAR (98.3 MHz, "The Word") is a commercial FM radio station licensedtoOxnard, California, and serving the Oxnard-Ventura and Santa Barbara radio markets. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and it broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. It uses brokered programming where hosts buy their time on the air and may seek donations to their ministries during their programs. National religious leaders heard on KDAR include John MacArthur, Jim Daly, Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll, Charles Stanley and David Jeremiah. Updates are provided by SRN News.
KDAR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,500 watts. The transmitter is on Red Mountain Fire Road in Ventura.[2] Programming is also heard on 3,700-watt FM booster station KDAR-1 (98.3) in Santa Barbara, located atop Gibraltar Peak just outside the city.[3]
KDAR first signed on the air on October 28, 1974; 49 years ago (1974-10-28). Religious broadcaster Edward G. Atsinger III, was the station's original owner, president, and general manager.[4] In 1986, Atsinger transferred control of the station's license to Salem Communications Corporation, an entity of which he owned half at the time.[5]
In its early years, KDAR aired several hours of Contemporary Christian music each day in addition to Christian talk shows. Since the early 1990s, however, the station has reduced its music programming.[6] It now runs talk and teaching programs around the clock.
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