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| Broadcast area | Antelope Valley |
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| Frequency | 1380kHz |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1380 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio Radio America |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KCEL,KGMX,KQAV,KKZQ,KMVE,KUTY | |
| History | |
First air date | April 1,1962 |
Former call signs | KBVM (1956–1973) KKZZ (1973–1983) KOTE (1983–1987) KHJJ (1987–2000) KWJL (2000–2007) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 19702 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000watts day 20 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′42″N118°10′33″W / 34.71167°N 118.17583°W /34.71167; -118.17583 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | newstalk1380.com |
KOSS (1380AM, "NewsTalk 1380") is a commercialradio station that is licensed toLancaster, California and serves theAntelope Valley area. The station is owned byHigh Desert Broadcasting and broadcasts anews/talk format, featuring programming fromABC Radio,HLN, andRadio America.
The station signed on as KBVM in August 1956.[2] KBVM changed itscall sign to KKZZ in September 1973,[3] then to KOTE in 1983.[2] On January 1, 1987, KOTE changed its call letters to KHJJ,[4] adopting the branding "KHJ 1380" and anews/talk format.
In 2000, the station became KWJL (K-Jewel 1380) and featured anadult standards format. In 2004, KWJL flipped toSpanisholdies as "Joyas 1380" (joya is the Spanish word for "jewel").
In September 2007, KWJL andKUTY swapped formats, and KWJL became "NewsTalk 1380". The call sign was changed to KOSS in January 2008. The KOSS call letters had previously belonged to another local station,KVVS (105.5 FM), under a previous format.
KOSS was previously the radio home ofLancaster JetHawks minor league baseball, airing play-of-play coverage beginning in the team's 2010 season.[5]
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