KLOC

KLOC
Turlock, California
Broadcast area	Modesto metropolitan area
Frequency	1390 kHz
Branding	Radio Catolica
Programming
Format	Spanish Catholic Radio
Ownership
Owner	La Favorita Radio Network, Inc.
History
First air date	1949
Former call signs	KTUR (1949–1962)^[1] KCEY (1962-^[1] 1986) KYES (1986–1987)^[2] KMIX (1987–1994)^[2] KCDR (1994–1987)^[2] KVIN (1997–2003)^[2]
Technical information^[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60426
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	37°31′48″N 120°41′37″W / 37.53000°N 120.69361°W / 37.53000; -120.69361
Translator(s)	105.9 K290CN (Hughson)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	UnidosPorCristoYMaria.org

KLOC (1390 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Turlock, California, and serving the Modesto metropolitan area. It airs a Spanish-language Catholic radio format and is owned by La Favorita Radio Network, Inc.^[4]

KLOC is powered at 5,000 watts using a directional antenna at all times to protect other stations on AM 1390. The transmitter is on North Montpelier Road in Montpelier, California.^[5] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K290CN at 105.9 MHz in Hughson, California.^[6]

History

The station signed on as KTUR in 1949.^[1] In 1962, the station changed its call letters to KCEY.^[1] In 1977, when an FM station was added, a new building went up. KCEY played modern country music and had local news and ABC Radio News.^[7]

The station was assigned the KYES call letters on March 1, 1986.^[2] On March 23, 1987, the station changed its call sign to KMIX and on November 10, 1997, to KVIN.^[2] On April 17, 2003, the station became the current KLOC.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d History Cards for KLOC, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "KLOC Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
^ "Facility Technical Data for KLOC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ FCC.gov/KLOC
^ Radio-Locator.com/KLOC
^ Radio-Locator.com/K290CN
^ Sweetland, Richard. "KCEY / K-MIX: First New Building in 29 Years, Worth Waiting For". Modesto Radio Museum. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 60426 (KLOC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
KLOC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 142802 (K290CN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
K290CN at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	104.9
Translators	92.3 94.7 97.9 99.5 101.9 105.9

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

KEQP-LP (106.9 FM)

Radio stations in the San Joaquin Valley: Bakersfield; Fresno; Merced; Modesto; Stockton; Visalia-Tulare-Hanford

Other nearby regions: Sacramento; San Francisco; San Jose

See also: List of radio stations in California

v t e Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
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Defunct	KDBV – Salinas KDDF – Mecca KESQ – Indio KFVR – Crescent City KNCR – Fortuna KSKD – Livingston
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