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KWST

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For the radio station in Los Angeles, California, at 105.9 FM formerly known as KWST-FM, seeKPWR. For the airport nearWesterly, Rhode Island, assigned the ICAO code KWST, seeWesterly State Airport.
Radio station in California, United States
KWST
Broadcast areaImperial Valley
Frequency1430kHz
Programming
LanguageSpanish
FormatCatholic radio
Ownership
OwnerEl Sembrador Ministries
History
First air date
June 1, 1958
Former call signs
KAMP
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID33298
ClassD
Power1,000watts day
36 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°48′27″N115°32′18″W / 32.80750°N 115.53833°W /32.80750; -115.53833
Translator93.7 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]

History

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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]

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KWST".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron. RetrievedJune 28, 2009.
  3. ^Radio-Locator.com/KWST
  4. ^Radio-Locator.com/K229CU
  5. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-116
  6. ^"Call Sign History".FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. RetrievedJune 28, 2009.

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Radio stations inCalexico,California and theImperial Valley
This region includes the citiesBrawley andEl Centro.
ByAM frequency
ByFM frequency
LPFM
Translators
Bycall sign
Defunct
Spanish-language radio stations in the state ofCalifornia
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