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KDND
KDND (107.9 MHz) was an FM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States. The station first signed on in 1947 as KXOA-FM, an FM simulcast of AM station KXOA, before separating itself with distinct programming, including most prominently soft rock, adult contemporary, and classic hits formats. In July 1998, two years after the sale of the station to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc.), the station switched to its final KDND call letters and contemporary hit radio format branded as 107.9 The End. At the time of the station's closing, KDND's studios were located in North Highlands (though with a Sacramento address). In contrast, its transmitter was located just north of the Sacramento city limits near Elverta.
In January 2007, KDND's morning show controversially held an on-air contest called "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" in which contestants were challenged to drink as much water as they could without urinating, to win a Wii video game console. Twenty-eight-year-old contest participant Jennifer Strange died of water intoxication, resulting in Entercom being sued for wrongful death by Strange's family. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also investigated the incident; in 2016, it designated the renewal of KDND's license for a hearing, questioning whether the station had operated in the public interest.
Citing that its continued operation could affect Entercom's proposed acquisition of CBS Radio, KDND was shut down on February 8, 2017, and its format and branding were moved to KUDL two days earlier on February 6. The FCC auctioned the frequency in 2021; iHeartMedia won the bidding, and KSTE-FM (now KZIS) began broadcasting on May 4, 2022.
On September 25, 1945, Lincoln Dellar, who had signed on KXOA (1470 AM) on May 20 of that year, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a new FM radio station in Sacramento, originally specifying 95.9 MHz as the frequency. The construction permit was granted on December 19, 1945, but changes in program planning and technical adjustments in the early days of the present 88–108 MHz band meant that the station debuted at 102.9 MHz in June 1947 before being moved to 107.9 MHz within months. For most of this time, KXOA simulcast the AM station, which since its launch had been an affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In July 1957, KXOA dropped Mutual to become a music and news station; later that year, the KXOA stations were sold to Cal-Val Radio.
In 1961, Cal-Val experimented with splitting the AM and FM stations, changing the FM to a country format as KCNW. The experiment was undone by the next year, and KCNW returned to being KXOA-FM. Both stations were then sold to Producers, Inc., of Milwaukee for $500,000 in 1963. Upon the 1965 enactment of the FM Non-Duplication Rule, which curtailed simulcasts of AM and FM stations in large markets, KXOA-FM separated its programming from its AM counterpart. In 1969, the station raised its effective radiated power from 12,500 watts to more than 49,000.
In 1970, the KXOA stations were split by then-owner Fuqua Industries, with the AM station leased to investors involved in the ownership of KSJO in San Jose and the FM to a group led by L. Ray Rhodes. However, the Rhodes group did not materialize, and three months later, Fuqua filed to sell the station to a consortium consisting of Drake-Chenault, a national program syndicator, and Brown Broadcasting, which owned KGB-AM-FM in San Diego. The sale became effective at the start of 1971; the FM retained the call sign, while the AM became known as KNDE. Drake-Chenault moved the station to Loma Vista Drive off Fulton Avenue. In 1971, the station flipped to oldies, and after a brief period as "Earth Rock", the oldies format returned in February 1973.
In June 1974, the station dropped the automated Drake-Chenault oldies format, which had been low-rated, to become a rock station known as K-108 with live disc jockeys. Later that year, the Browns bought Drake—Chenault's half of KXOA-FM. The station's format was referred to by Radio & Records as "soft album-oriented rock" (AOR). In 1978, the Browns bought back KNDE and returned it to the fold as KXOA, to air a harder AOR mix. Art Schroeder, the KXOA-FM program director during this period, credited the "safe" approach with attracting many listeners not wishing to hear punk rock.
KXOA-FM was among several stations affected by the rapid rise of KZAP (98.5 FM) at the start of the 1980s, but KZAP's ratings fell several years later, and KXOA-FM remained successful throughout the decade and leading the market in ratings and revenue in the mid-1980s. The KXOA stations also had a regionally recognized news team led by Ken Hunt.
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KDND
KDND (107.9 MHz) was an FM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States. The station first signed on in 1947 as KXOA-FM, an FM simulcast of AM station KXOA, before separating itself with distinct programming, including most prominently soft rock, adult contemporary, and classic hits formats. In July 1998, two years after the sale of the station to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc.), the station switched to its final KDND call letters and contemporary hit radio format branded as 107.9 The End. At the time of the station's closing, KDND's studios were located in North Highlands (though with a Sacramento address). In contrast, its transmitter was located just north of the Sacramento city limits near Elverta.
In January 2007, KDND's morning show controversially held an on-air contest called "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" in which contestants were challenged to drink as much water as they could without urinating, to win a Wii video game console. Twenty-eight-year-old contest participant Jennifer Strange died of water intoxication, resulting in Entercom being sued for wrongful death by Strange's family. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also investigated the incident; in 2016, it designated the renewal of KDND's license for a hearing, questioning whether the station had operated in the public interest.
Citing that its continued operation could affect Entercom's proposed acquisition of CBS Radio, KDND was shut down on February 8, 2017, and its format and branding were moved to KUDL two days earlier on February 6. The FCC auctioned the frequency in 2021; iHeartMedia won the bidding, and KSTE-FM (now KZIS) began broadcasting on May 4, 2022.
On September 25, 1945, Lincoln Dellar, who had signed on KXOA (1470 AM) on May 20 of that year, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a new FM radio station in Sacramento, originally specifying 95.9 MHz as the frequency. The construction permit was granted on December 19, 1945, but changes in program planning and technical adjustments in the early days of the present 88–108 MHz band meant that the station debuted at 102.9 MHz in June 1947 before being moved to 107.9 MHz within months. For most of this time, KXOA simulcast the AM station, which since its launch had been an affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In July 1957, KXOA dropped Mutual to become a music and news station; later that year, the KXOA stations were sold to Cal-Val Radio.
In 1961, Cal-Val experimented with splitting the AM and FM stations, changing the FM to a country format as KCNW. The experiment was undone by the next year, and KCNW returned to being KXOA-FM. Both stations were then sold to Producers, Inc., of Milwaukee for $500,000 in 1963. Upon the 1965 enactment of the FM Non-Duplication Rule, which curtailed simulcasts of AM and FM stations in large markets, KXOA-FM separated its programming from its AM counterpart. In 1969, the station raised its effective radiated power from 12,500 watts to more than 49,000.
In 1970, the KXOA stations were split by then-owner Fuqua Industries, with the AM station leased to investors involved in the ownership of KSJO in San Jose and the FM to a group led by L. Ray Rhodes. However, the Rhodes group did not materialize, and three months later, Fuqua filed to sell the station to a consortium consisting of Drake-Chenault, a national program syndicator, and Brown Broadcasting, which owned KGB-AM-FM in San Diego. The sale became effective at the start of 1971; the FM retained the call sign, while the AM became known as KNDE. Drake-Chenault moved the station to Loma Vista Drive off Fulton Avenue. In 1971, the station flipped to oldies, and after a brief period as "Earth Rock", the oldies format returned in February 1973.
In June 1974, the station dropped the automated Drake-Chenault oldies format, which had been low-rated, to become a rock station known as K-108 with live disc jockeys. Later that year, the Browns bought Drake—Chenault's half of KXOA-FM. The station's format was referred to by Radio & Records as "soft album-oriented rock" (AOR). In 1978, the Browns bought back KNDE and returned it to the fold as KXOA, to air a harder AOR mix. Art Schroeder, the KXOA-FM program director during this period, credited the "safe" approach with attracting many listeners not wishing to hear punk rock.
KXOA-FM was among several stations affected by the rapid rise of KZAP (98.5 FM) at the start of the 1980s, but KZAP's ratings fell several years later, and KXOA-FM remained successful throughout the decade and leading the market in ratings and revenue in the mid-1980s. The KXOA stations also had a regionally recognized news team led by Ken Hunt.