KKDV
Radio station in Walnut Creek, California
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::summary Radio station in Walnut Creek, California ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KKDV |
| above | Simulcast of KBAY, Gilroy |
| logo | Bay Country Logo.png |
| city | Walnut Creek, California |
| country | US |
| area | Diablo Valley |
| branding | Bay Country 92.1 |
| frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| airdate | (as KWME) |
| format | Country |
| erp | 3,000 watts |
| haat | 24 m |
| class | A |
| facility_id | 36032 |
| coordinates | |
| callsign_meaning | Diablo Valley |
| former_callsigns | |
| translator | |
| affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| owner | Connoisseur Media |
| licensee | Alpha Media Licensee LLC |
| sister_stations | |
| webcast | |
| website | |
| licensing_authority | FCC |
| :: |
| name = KKDV | above = Simulcast of KBAY, Gilroy | logo = Bay Country Logo.png | logo_size = | city = Walnut Creek, California | country = US | area = Diablo Valley | branding = Bay Country 92.1 | frequency = 92.1 MHz | airdate = (as KWME) | format = Country | erp = 3,000 watts | haat = 24 m | class = A | facility_id = 36032 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = Diablo Valley | former_callsigns = | translator = | affiliations = Premiere Networks | owner = Connoisseur Media | licensee = Alpha Media Licensee LLC | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = | licensing_authority= FCC
KKDV (92.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Walnut Creek, California, and serving central Contra Costa County. It is owned by Connoisseur Media and it simulcasts the country music radio format of sister station 94.5 KBAY. KKDV targets listeners in the Diablo Valley who cannot get good reception from KBAY's transmitter in the South Bay. KBAY and KKDV carry The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time, syndicated from Nashville.
KKDV shares studios and offices with co-owned KKIQ 101.7 FM in Pleasanton. KKDV's primary transmitter site is on Dunsyre Drive in Lafayette. It utilizes a 253-watt booster station in Martinez, KKDV-FM3 also on 92.1 MHz.
History
KWME and KDFM
The station signed on the air on December 10, 1959. Its original call sign was KWME. It was owned by Walnut Creek Broadcasters with studios on Mount Diablo Boulevard.
The call letters were changed to KDFM in 1964. It played automated beautiful music, with quarter hour sweeps of soft instrumentals with limited talk and commercials.
KINQ, KKIS-FM and KZWC
In 1983, the station changed its call letters to KINQ and switched its former easy listening format to adult contemporary. In 1986, the playlist stepped up the tempo, becoming hot AC, right after it switched its call sign to KKIS-FM to match its sister station, KKIS 990 AM (now KATD). During the fall of 1991, the station's hot AC format eased back to a mainstream adult contemporary sound, and its AM sister stationbegan simulcasting KKIS-FM.
On October 31, 1994, KKIS-AM-FM dropped the AC format. Both stations flipped to a Spanish-language talk radio format, as part of The "Z Spanish Network". Its call letters changed to KZWC.
KFJO, KABL-FM and KKDV
Between 1998 and 2004, 92.1 was KFJO, simulcasting KSJO (92.3 FM) from San Jose, as 92 KSJO; the network also included KXJO (92.7 FM) in Alameda and KMJO (92.7 FM) in Marina. The station briefly spent time as KABL-FM, a simulcast of long-time Bay Area adult standards station KABL (960 AM, now KNEW), before becoming adult contemporary station KKDV in 2005.
KKDV flipped to country music on April 6, 2022, as "Bay Country" KKDV. It is a simulcast of KBAY (94.5 FM), which is based in the South Bay.
From July 28 through July 30, 2023, KKDV and KBAY played all-Taylor Swift songs for The Eras Tour.
References
References
- [https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=kkdv&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/KKDV]
- [https://radio-locator.com/info/KKDV-3-FB Radio-Locator.com/KKDV-3-FM]
- [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1961-62/section%20B%20All%20Radio%20%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201961-1962-9.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62] page B-26, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]
- "Country To Remain In Bay Area As KBAY And KKDV Become Bay Country".
- "KBAY Transforms Into Tay Bay for Taylor Swift Concerts".
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