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| Broadcast area | Coachella Valley |
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| Frequency | 1450kHz |
| Branding | KCOD Coachella FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (wasCollege/community radio) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1954 (1954) (as KPAL)[1] |
Last air date | August 6, 2020 (2020-8-6) |
Former call signs | KPAL (1954–1971) KPSI (1971–1997) KGAM (1997–2010) KPTR (2010–2017) |
Call sign meaning | College of the Desert |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 35496 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 960watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′7″N116°27′44″W / 33.80194°N 116.46222°W /33.80194; -116.46222 |
| Translator(s) | K260DE (99.9MHz,Palm Desert) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaTuneIn) |
| Website | www |
KCOD (1450AM) was aradio station licensed toPalm Springs, California, United States. It served theCoachella Valley area. The station was last owned byCollege of the Desert. Programming was also simulcast ontranslator station K260DE (99.9FM) inPalm Desert.
The transmitter and broadcast tower were located between Palm Springs andCathedral City on Dinah Shore Drive. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower was 52 m (171 ft) tall.[2]
The station began broadcasting in 1954, and held the call sign KPAL.[3] On February 9, 1971, its call sign was changed to KPSI.[3] KPSI aired amiddle of the road (MOR) format in the 1970s.[1][4] By 1983, the station had adopted atalk format.[5]
On September 1, 1997, its call sign was changed to KGAM and on September 15, it adopted anadult standards format.[6][7] In 1998, talk programming was added during the day and it eventually returned to a full-time news-talk format, airing syndicated talk shows, with hosts such asMichael Savage,G. Gordon Liddy, andDave Ramsey.[8][9][10] It also airedCNN Headline News andThru the Bible withJ. Vernon McGee mornings and broadcastLos Angeles Lakers,Angels, andOakland Raiders games.[9][10]
On February 2, 2010, the station's call sign was changed to KPTR, and it became aprogressive talk station, a format and call sign transferred from 1340 AM (which becameKWXY).[6][11] R & R donated KPTR to College of the Desert on November 1, 2016.[12][13] The college elected to operate the station as a noncommercial station; in preparation for the change, R & R took KPTRsilent on July 10, 2016.[14] The progressive talk format was relocated to KWXY; that station would go silent as well one month later.[15]
KPTR changed its call letters to KCOD on January 8, 2017;[16] in a December 2016 filing with theFederal Communications Commission (FCC), College of the Desert said that it would return the station to the air by April.[17] The station resumed broadcasting May 27, 2017.[18] College of the Desert had already operated KCOD since 2011 as anInternet radio station from studios on the college's campus in Palm Desert; in 2018, KCOD moved to the adjacent formerKEZN studios.[19]
After having been silent since August 6, 2020, KCOD and K260DE's licenses were surrendered on August 2, 2021, and were cancelled the following day.[20][21]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK260DE | 99.9 FM | Palm Desert, California | 200930 | 50 | D | 33°44′0.3″N116°23′5.7″W / 33.733417°N 116.384917°W /33.733417; -116.384917 (K260DE) | LMS |