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| Broadcast area | Imperial Valley |
| Frequency | 1430kHz |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | El Sembrador Ministries |
| History | |
First air date | June 1, 1958 |
Former call signs | KAMP |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 33298 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000watts day 36 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°48′27″N115°32′18″W / 32.80750°N 115.53833°W /32.80750; -115.53833 |
| Translator | 93.7 K229CU (El Centro) |
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Public license information | |
KWST (1430AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toEl Centro, California.[2] It is owned by El Sembrador Ministries, broadcasting to theImperial Valley andMexicali,Baja California.
KWST is powered with 1,000watts by day. But at night, it reduces power to 36 watts.[3] Thetransmitter is off Dogwood Road in El Centro.
KWST airs El Sembrador'sESNE Radio Spanish-language network. Programming is also heard on a five-wattFM translator in El Centro, K229CU at 93.7MHz, which is owned directly by El Sembrador.[4]
The station firstsigned on the air on June 1, 1958, as KAMP.[5] It was originally adaytimer, broadcasting at 1,000 watts but required tosign off at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations onAM 1430. KAMP was owned by the El Centro Radio Corporation and was one of the leading stations in the Imperial Valley for the next few decades. It carried, at various times, programming fromABC Radio andNBC Radio. It sometimes airedcountry music and sometimes it had anoldies format.
The station changed itscall sign from KAMP to the current KWST by theFederal Communications Commission on March 15, 2001.[6]
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