KSMY

KSMY
City	Lompoc, California
Broadcast area	Santa Maria—Lompoc, California
Frequency	106.7 MHz
Branding	La Mejor 106.7 FM
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Spanish oldies
Ownership
Owner	Lazer Broadcasting ; (Lazer Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date	1997
Former call signs	KAKV (1995–2000)
Technical information
Facility ID	63553
Class	B1
ERP	3,500 watts
HAAT	268 meters (879 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°44′31″N 120°26′46″W / 34.74194°N 120.44611°W
Links
Website	lamejornetwork.com

KSMY (106.7 FM, "La Mejor 106.7") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Lompoc, California, United States and serves the Santa Maria—Lompoc area. The station is owned by Alfredo Plascencia's Lazer Broadcasting, through licensee Lazer Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts a Spanish oldies format.

History[]

The station first signed on in 1997 as KAKV and originally was owned by Stuart McRae.^[1] The station aired an adult standards format.^[2] On January 21, 2000, KAKV changed its call letters to KSMY.^[3]

In February 2000, McRae Media Group sold KSMY, then broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format, to Fresno, California-based Bathysphere Broadcasting Corporation for $525,000.^[4] The station changed hands once more in September when Bathysphere sold 11 stations throughout Central California, plus a construction permit for KSMY, to Clear Channel Communications for $45 million. The permit authorized KSMY to operate with an effective radiated power of 1,650 watts at 377 meters (1,237 ft) height above average terrain.^[5]

On July 15, 2002, KSMY switched formats from oldies to hot adult contemporary, identifying as "My 106.7".^[6]

On June 29, 2007, Clear Channel divested 16 stations in California and Arizona, including KSMY, to private equity firm Frontier Capital Partners for $40 million. At the time of the sale, the station aired a Spanish adult hits format known as "La Preciosa".^[7]

In May 2009, El Dorado Broadcasters dropped La Preciosa from KSMY in favor of Spanish adult contemporary with the branding "El Compa". The new format emphasized hit songs from the 1980s to the present.^[8]

In 2016, El Dorado sold all of its stations in the Santa Maria radio market. KSMY was sold to Lazer Broadcasting for $400,000.^[9] Lazer flipped the station to Spanish oldies and rebranded it as "La Mejor".

References[]

^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 1998. p. D-49. ISBN 0-8352-4003-7. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "Format Changes & Updates" (PDF). The M Street Journal. Vol. 16 no. 13. Madison, Tennessee: M Street Corporation. March 31, 1999. p. 1. ISSN 1052-7109. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
^ "Call Sign History: KSMY". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. February 28, 2000. pp. 53–54. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "ChangingHands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ Jacobson, Adam (August 23, 2002). "Small-Market Reality" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "Small, Western Groups On Buying Sprees" (PDF). R&R. July 6, 2007. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "KSMY Chooses "El Compa"". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 4, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ Venta, Lance (March 3, 2016). "El Dorado Sells Again In Santa Maria". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

External links[]

Official website (La Mejor Network)
KSMY in the FCC FM station database
KSMY on Radio-Locator
KSMY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

[1] "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. R.R. Bowker. 1998. p. D-49. ISBN 0-8352-4003-7. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[2] "Format Changes & Updates" (PDF). The M Street Journal. Vol. 16 no. 13. Madison, Tennessee: M Street Corporation. March 31, 1999. p. 1. ISSN 1052-7109. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[3] "Call Sign History: KSMY". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[4] "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. February 28, 2000. pp. 53–54. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[5] "ChangingHands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[6] Jacobson, Adam (August 23, 2002). "Small-Market Reality" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[7] "Small, Western Groups On Buying Sprees" (PDF). R&R. July 6, 2007. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[8] "KSMY Chooses "El Compa"". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 4, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[9] Venta, Lance (March 3, 2016). "El Dorado Sells Again In Santa Maria". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

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v t Lazer Broadcasting
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