KOXR - Wikipedia

KOXR
Oxnard, California

Broadcast area	Ventura County
Frequency	910kHz
Branding	La Mexicana 102.1 y 910 AM
Programming
Format	Ranchera/mariachi
Ownership
Owner	Radio Lazer
History
First air date	June 11, 1955
Call signmeaning	KOXnaRd
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	866
Class	B
Power	5,000wattsday 1,000 watts night
Translator(s)	102.1 K271CY (Oxnard)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KOXR Online

KOXR(910AM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toOxnard, California.It broadcasts a traditionalranchera music formatfeaturingmariachigroups fromMexico.It is owned by Radio Lazer and calls itself "La Mexicana 102.1 y 910 AM."

By day, KOXR broadcasts at 5,000watts.But to avoid interference to other stations on910 AM,it reduces power at night to 1,000 watts. It uses adirectional antennaat all times. Thetransmitteris off Southern Pacific Milling Road inSanta Paula,near theSanta Clara River.^[2]KOXR is also heard on 250 wattFM translatorK271CYat 102.1MHzin Oxnard.^[3]

History

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On June 11, 1955, the station firstsigned on.It was owned by the Oxnard Broadcasting Corporation.^[4]For several decades the station aired avarietyformat, which always included at least a few hours of Spanish-language programming each week. By 1964, 90 hours of the weekly schedule was in Spanish (approximately 70% of the then-standard 18-hour broadcast day).^[5]

Logo for KOXR prior to the sign-on of the 102.1 FM simulcast.

By the fall of 1966, KOXR's entire 18-hour broadcast day was in Spanish.^[6]

In 1970, Oxnard Broadcasting sold KOXR to Howard A. Kalmenson for $598,000.^[7]Kalmenson subsequently formedLotus Communicationswith KOXR and co-owned KWKW in Pasadena, CA and KENO in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lotus kept the station until 1994, when they sold it to Albert and Jacquelyn Vera for $350,000.^[8]Albert Vera had been a deejay atKSPA(now KUNX) in Santa Paula, California when it was a Spanish-language station in the 1960s.^[9]He sold the station to Radio Lazer three years later.

References

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^"Facility Technical Data for KOXR".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
^Radio-Locator.com/KOXR
^Radio-Locator.com/K271CY
^"Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S."(PDF).Broadcasting Yearbook 1959.RetrievedApril 21,2018.
^"Radio and television stations with major Spanish programing"(PDF).Broadcasting, May 25, 1964.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.
^"KOXR trade ad"(PDF).Broadcasting, September 19, 1966.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.
^"Approved"(PDF).Broadcasting, November 9, 1970.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.
^"Business"(PDF).Broadcasting, August 8, 1994.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.
^"Howling Success: Oxnard's Spanish-Language Radio Lobo Gains Popularity With Outlandish Antics".Los Angeles Times, April 24, 1995.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.

External links

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FCC History Cards for KOXR
KOXR website
Official Facebook page
Facility details for Facility ID 866 (KOXR)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
KOXRinNielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations inOxnard–Ventura,California(Ventura County)

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LPFM	93.3 94.1 99.1 99.3 101.5 104.1 107.9
Translators	89.9 K210CH K210EO 91.9 96.3 99.7 102.1 K271AC K271CY 102.3 102.5 103.9 106.3

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See also: List of radio stations in California

v t e Spanish-language radio stations in the state ofCalifornia
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v t e Lazer Broadcasting
Radio Lazer	KAAT,103.1 FM KAEH,100.9 FM KBTW,104.5 FM KLMM,94.1 FM KLUN,103.1 FM KMQA,100.5 FM KMZR,92.5 FM KSRN,107.7 FM KSRT,107.1 FM KSFN,1510 AM KWRN,1550 AM KXLM,102.9 FM KXSB,101.7/100.9 FM KXSM,93.1 FM KXZM,93.7 FM KZER,1250 AM KZTI,105.3 FM
La Mejor	KGAM,106.3 FM KJOR,104.1 FM KLJR,96.7 FM KNEZ,107.3 FM KSGZ,98.7 FM KSMY,106.7 FM KXRS,105.7 FM KXTT,94.9 FM
La Mexicana	KCAL,1410 AM KMLY,95.1 FM KOXR,910 AM KSBQ,1480 AM
La Maquina Musical	KIQQ-FM,103.7 FM KMEN,100.5 FM KTNS,1060 AM
Other Properties	KLMG,97.9 FM (Latino) KWNZ,106.3 FM (Latino) KSTV-LD (32.1LATV,32.2JTV) Siglo 21

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