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| Broadcast area | Santa Cruz/Salinas, California |
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| Frequency | 107.9MHz |
| Branding | La Campesina 107.9 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Chavez Radio Group |
| History | |
First air date | 1998 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 68169 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 870watts |
| HAAT | 499 meters (1,637 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°23′00″N121°25′40″W / 36.38333°N 121.42778°W /36.38333; -121.42778 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | campesina.com/estaciones/salinas/ |
KSEA (107.9MHz, "La Campesina 107.9 FM") is an AmericanFMradio station licensed to serve thecommunity ofGreenfield, California, since 1998. The station'sbroadcast license is held by Chavez Radio Group.
KSEA broadcasts aRegional Mexican music and educational programmingformat branded as "La Campesina 107.9 FM" as part of the Radio Campesina Network.[3][4] ("Campesina" is aSpanish word meaning "peasant" or "farmworker"). Anthony Chavez, president of Farmworker Educational Radio Network, Inc., is the youngest son of American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activistCésar Chávez.[5]
In July 1985, Q Prime Inc. applied to theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) for aconstruction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on May 31, 1989, with a scheduled expiration date of November 30, 1990.[6] The new station was assigned thecall sign of "KRGF" on November 29, 1989, but this was changed that same day to "KQKZ."[1]
In November 1989, permit holder Q Prime Inc., applied to transfer the KQKZ permit to the Troposphere Broadcasting Limited Partnership. The FCC approved the move on December 5, 1989, and the transaction was completed on January 30, 1990.[7] At the new owner's request, the station was assigned the new call sign "KSEA" on May 15, 1991.[1] A significantly delayed, ultimately denied engineering request and several extensions pushed completion of the station well into the 1990s.[8]
In January 1997, Troposphere Broadcasting L.P. reached an agreement to sell the permit to build KSEA to Farmworker Educational Radio Network, Inc. The deal gained FCC approval on March 13, 1997, and formal consummation of the transaction took place on June 11, 1997.[9] After more engineering changes, construction and testing were completed in September 1998, and the station was granted itsbroadcast license on December 4, 1998.[10]
It's but one show in a schedule aimed at California's vast, growing and increasingly politically influential Latino population.