KCEA
City | Atherton, California |
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Broadcast area | San Francisco Peninsula |
Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Big band |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sequoia Union High School District |
History | |
First air date | June 2, 1979 |
Former call signs | KMAH (1979-1983) KWAP (1983-1983) |
Call sign meaning | play on the word "sea"[1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 41168 |
Class | A |
Power | 100 Watts |
HAAT | 39 meters (128 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°29′32.0″N 122°16′28.0″W / 37.492222°N 122.274444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | KCEA Webstream |
Website | www |
KCEA (89.1 FM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Atherton, California, serving the San Francisco Peninsula. The station broadcasts a music format featuring big band, swing and adult standards in addition to local high school sports.[2] KCEA is owned and operated by Sequoia Union High School District.[3]
History[]
In 1979, Menlo-Atherton High School founded radio station KMAH, which broadcast local music and student programming. During off hours, the station broadcast a live audio feed of the Pacific Ocean from Fort Point, San Francisco.[1] KMAH became KCEA (named after "sea") in 1983 and switched to its present big band music format in order to attract a wider audience and financial support.[1]
KCEA first broadcast local high school sports on January 8, 1999, when the station broadcast a Menlo-Atherton home basketball game. The October 11, 2013 broadcast of a football game between Sequoia and Terra Nova high schools was KCEA's 500th high school sports broadcast.[4]
Late in October 2018, the Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees discussed converting KCEA into a student run station in order to align the station closer to the district's educational mission.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "About". KCEA. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- ^ "KCEA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- ^ Mazeika, Vytas (October 10, 2013). "Prep notes: KCEA to broadcast 500th game". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Austin (October 26, 2018). "Officials favor keeping radio station operating". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
External links[]
- FCC History Cards for KCEA
- Official website
- KCEA in the FCC FM station database
- KCEA on Radio-Locator
- KCEA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio stations in California
- High school radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1979
- 1979 establishments in California
- Adult standards radio stations in the United States