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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles |
| Frequency | 107.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | José 97.5 y 107.1 |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Adult hits |
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First air date | December 3, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-12-03)[1] |
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Call sign meaning | Used from former "Super Estrella" format |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35113 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | −13 meters (−43 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°10′51″N118°01′38″W / 34.18083°N 118.02722°W /34.18083; -118.02722 |
| Repeater | 97.5 KLYY (Riverside)98.3 K252BF (Temecula) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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| Broadcast area | San Diego County |
| Frequency | 107.1MHz (HD Radio) |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Adult hits |
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First air date | November 22, 1977 (47 years ago) (1977-11-22)[3] |
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| Facility ID | 35139 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°23′01″N117°11′20″W / 33.38361°N 117.18889°W /33.38361; -117.18889 |
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| Broadcast area | Ventura County |
| Frequency | 107.1MHz (HD Radio) |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Adult hits |
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First air date | November 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-11)[5] |
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| Facility ID | 33567 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 370 watts |
| HAAT | 395 meters (1,296 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°20′55″N119°19′57″W / 34.34861°N 119.33250°W /34.34861; -119.33250 |
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KSSE,KSSD, andKSSC are commercialFM radio stations servingSouthern California at the 107.1MHz frequency. KSSE islicensed toArcadia, California and broadcasts to theLos Angeles metropolitan area, KSSD is licensed toFallbrook, California and serves northernSan Diego County and KSSC is licensed toVentura, California, with its signal coveringVentura County. These three stations trimulcast withKLYY inRiverside, airing aSpanishadult hits format known as "José 97.5 y 107.1". KSSC formerly aired a separate Spanishadult contemporary format branded as "La Suavecita 107.1". From 1991 to 2019, the three stations formed a same-channeltrimulcast covering Southern California from Ventura to San Diego. As of December 31, 2019, KSSC in Ventura switched to José, reforming the trimulcast on 107.1.
KSSE, KSSD, and KSSC are all licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast in theHD Radio format.[7][8][9]
The oldest of the three stations broadcasting at 107.1 FM is the one licensed toArcadia, California, which signed on in 1960 with original callsign KMAX. It was owned byMax H. Isoard and his Sierra Madre Broadcasting Company; it aired a formattargeted at various ethnic groups.[1]
In 1988, John Douglas bought KMAX[10] with the intent to integrate it with other stations that would serve the entireGreater Los Angeles area with arimshot signal. He accomplished this by purchasing two stations inSan Diego andVentura counties that had been operating separately,middle-of-the-road outlet KAVO inFallbrook andadult contemporary-formatted KAGR inVentura, for $2.1 million. Together, these threeclass A FM stations broadcast a city-grade signal acrossLos Angeles County and surrounding counties, at a lower cost than purchasing a single class B station.[11][12]
Initially, thetrimulcast retained its format ofbrokered-time programming,[12] much of which was targeted toAfrican-American Christians. One popular show during this time wasSpiritual Vibes, agospel music show hosted byOllie Collins, Jr. Also in the lineup was an all-night program playing classic,traditional, andcontemporary "Black gospel" music, hosted by veteran gospel music DJ "Sister Ruth" Dixon, known for her signatureCaribbean accent.
In 1994, the trimulcast switched to asports format known as "Sportsmax 107.1 FM" with thecall letters KMAX, KBAX, and KAXX.[13] Sportsmax hosts included Joe McDonnell, the SportsGods (Dave Smith and Joey Haim), andRich Herrera. The stations broadcast games featuring theSan Francisco 49ers,Oakland Raiders, andNotre Dame Fighting Irish football teams, and theLos Angeles Ice Dogs of theInternational Hockey League. Additionally, the triplecast airedurban talk/R&B programThe Tom Joyner Morning Show weekdays for a brief time.[14]
In November 1995, Douglas sold the three stations, along with co-ownedKWIZ-FM inSanta Ana, to Odyssey Communications for $35 million.[15] The following year, on March 27, 1996 at 4 p.m., Odyssey flipped the trimulcast to amodern rock format branded "Y107", with the stations' respective call signs changed to KLYY, KSYY, and KVYY.[16][17] Y107 competed directly with Los Angeles' established alternative rock station,KROQ-FM.
On December 13, 1999, the trimulcast stations flipped toSpanishadult contemporary as "Viva 107.1".[18] On December 24, 2002, following owner Big City Radio'sChapter 11 bankruptcy filing,Entravision Communications purchased KLYY, KSYY, and KVYY for $137 million in cash and stock.[19] Viva 107.1 remained on air for a short time following the sale.
In 2003, the 107.1 FM trimulcast adopted a hybridrock en español/Spanishadult contemporary format branded "Súper Estrella". The first rock en español song played was "Cordillera" byLos Enanitos Verdes and the first Spanish AC song was "Amiga Mia" byAlejandro Sanz. Súper Estrella was known to be one of the first and only radio stations to play Spanish Rock and Pop in a highly saturated Spanish Los Angeles radio market, which consisted only of Regional Mexican. The format originally launched in 1997 onKVAR (97.5 FM) inRiverside,[20][21] then expanded toKACD-FM (103.1 FM) in 2000. Accompanying the flip was a set of new call signs to match: KSSE, KSSD, and KSSC—the first one of these moving from the Riverside station. On July 13, 2007, KSSE started adding three to four English-language songs per hour.[22] The first song in English was "Move Ya Body" byNina Sky at 9:04 p.m. On April 22, 2012 at 12:05 a.m., Súper Estrella discontinued English songs after playing "Hot Girls" byDony andElena Gheorghe and its bilingual version, "La La La (Hot Girls)" byDa Zoo.
On January 5, 2015, the KSSE/KSSD/KSSC trio was among the first Entravision-owned stations to launchEl Show de Piolín, a nationally syndicated program hosted veteran radio personalityEddie "Piolín" Sotelo.[23]
On December 1, 2016, after Entravision's other Súper Estrella stations had slowly disappeared across the United States, all air staff was let go and KSSE's trimulcast beganstunting. The last song played on Súper Estrella was "Persiana Americana" bySoda Stereo. On December 5 at 12:02 a.m., the station flipped to Spanish varietyoldies under the name "La Suavecita". Súper Estrella became an online-only service with four distinct streams.[21][24][25]
On January 7, 2019, Entravision broke the 107.1 FM trimulcast briefly. KSSE and KSSD dropped La Suavecita and began simulcastingKLYY (97.5 FM) and its Spanish adult hits format; However, on December 31, 2019, KSSC in Ventura County dropped La Suavecita in favor of José, reforming the original trimulcast. This new trimulcast is branded as "José 97.5 y 107.1", and is made up of KSSE (Arcadia), KSSC (Ventura), KSSD (Fallbrook) and KLYY (Riverside).[26]
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