KUNA-FM - Wikipedia

KUNA-FM
La Quinta, California

Broadcast area	Palm Springs, California
Frequency	96.7 MHz
Branding	La Poderosa 96.7
Programming
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
Sister stations	KUNA-LD, KESQ-TV, KPSP-CD
History
First air date	August 1987 (1987-08)
Former call signs	KBZT-FM (1987–1993)
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52182
Class	A
ERP	970 watts
HAAT	177 meters (581 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°48′8″N 116°13′30″W / 33.80222°N 116.22500°W / 33.80222; -116.22500
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kunamundo.com

KUNA-FM is a commercial regional Mexican music radio station in La Quinta, California, broadcasting to the Palm Springs, California, area on 96.7 FM. It is owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, through its Gulf-California Broadcast Company subsidiary.

History

KBZT-FM "K-Best" signed on the air in August 1987 with a syndicated adult standards format.^[2] The call letters had been scooped up on October 2, 1986, from the Los Angeles station that dropped them to become KLSX just days before. On February 17, 1992, KBZT-FM flipped to country music, citing the high popularity of country nationwide and the lack of a local country station on FM.^[3]

The country music came to an end on October 1, 1993, when the station became a simulcast with KUNA (1400 AM) as KUNA-FM. The flip came about even though KBZT outrated KUNA at the time.^[4]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KUNA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "KBZT-FM joins lineup of Coachella Valley radio stations". Desert Sun. August 13, 1987. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ "KBZT becomes valley's first FM country station". Desert Sun. February 18, 1992. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ Fessier, Bruce (October 4, 1993). "Country fans disappointed". Retrieved August 1, 2019.

External links

La Poderosa 96.7 Facebook
KUNA in the FCC FM station database
KUNA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Palm Springs, California area (Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin)

This region also includes the Joshua Tree area.

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	97.1
Translators	88.9 89.3 89.9 91.1 92.3 93.3 94.3 95.5 98.1 99.1 99.3 100.9 101.5 102.7 103.7 103.9 106.5 107.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

Nearby regions: Calexico; Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City; Riverside-San Bernardino; San Diego; Victor Valley/Barstow

See also: List of radio stations in California

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

Radio stations

Television stations
(by primary affiliations)

ABC	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV
CBS	KCJO-LD / KNPN-LD2 ¹ KEYT-DT2 KIFI-DT2 KION-TV KPSP-CD KYMA-DT ³
The CW	KCBA ² KCWQ-LD KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KNPG-LD2 ¹ KTVZ-DT2
Fox	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-CD / KQRE-LD2 KION-DT2 KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ¹ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD
MyNetworkTV	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ⁴
NBC	KNPG-LD ¹ KTVZ KYMA-DT2 ³ K22NM-D ⁶
Telemundo	KCOY-TV ² KECY-DT4 / KESE-LD KFXO-CD2 / KQRE-LD KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LD KNPG-LD3 ¹ KUNA-LD
other	Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷ Dabl KIDK ²

¹ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
² This station is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, but is operated by NPG under an SSA.
³ This station is owned by Imagicomm Communications, but is operated by NPG under an SSA.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a third digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

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