KHCS
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| Broadcast area | Palm Springs, California |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 91.7MHz |
| Branding | "Air1" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary worship music |
| Affiliations | Air1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| KLXB | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1993 |
Former call signs | KYRH (1990) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 77680 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 960watts |
| HAAT | 151.4 meters (496.7 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°52′0.1″N116°26′3″W/ 33.866694°N 116.43417°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | air1.com |
KHCS(91.7MHz) is anon-commercial educationalFMradio stationbroadcasting acontemporary worship musicformat. Licensed toPalm Desert, California,United States, the station serves thePalm Springsarea and can be heard fromBanningtoNorth Shore,over most of theCoachella Valley.KHCS airs the nationally syndicatedAir1worship music network around the clock.
Prior to the station's sale toEducational Media Foundationin April 2018, KHCS was acontemporary inspirational-formatted station known as "Joy92". It was owned by Prairie Avenue Gospel Center and carried a variety of locally producedChristian programmingas well as inspirational music.
History
[edit]The station initially was assigned the call lettersKYRHon February 7, 1990, by the U.S.Federal Communications Commission;on April 1, the station changed its call sign to KHCS.[2]However, the station would not make its on-air debut until January 1993, three years later.[3]
From its inception, KHCS was owned by Prairie Avenue Gospel Center, a church based inLong Beach, California,[4]and carried acontemporary inspirationalformat. Branded "Joy92" and positioning itself as "the Desert's Christian Radio", the station aired a variety of music, talk and teaching programming, much of it produced locally in Southern California.
On April 5, 2018, KHCS entered into an affiliation agreement withEducational Media Foundationto carry the latter'sChristian contemporary hit radionetworkAir1;the Joy92 programming was dropped.[4]On April 20, EMF purchased KHCS from Prairie Avenue Gospel Center for $450,000;[5][6]the purchase was consummated on June 27, 2018.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KHCS".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Call Sign History: KHCS".Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedMay 1,2018.
- ^"Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S."(PDF).Broadcasting Yearbook.1997.RetrievedMay 1,2018.
- ^ab"EMF's Joyous Coachella Valley Addition".Radio and Television Business Report.April 20, 2018.RetrievedMay 1,2018.
- ^Venta, Lance (April 20, 2018)."Station Sales Week Of 4/20: EMF Expands In Palm Springs".Radio Insight.RetrievedMay 1,2018.
- ^"EMF Buys KHCS/Palm Desert, CA".AllAccess.com.All Access Music Group. April 20, 2018.RetrievedMay 1,2018.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 77680 (KHCS)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KHCSinNielsen Audio's FM station database
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