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KDSS

KDSS is a radio station licensed to serve Ely, Nevada. The station is owned by Coates Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a country music format.

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KDSS
Frequency92.7 MHz
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerCoates Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
December 8, 1992
Former call signs
KBXS1
Technical information2
Licensing authority
FCC
63558
ClassC1
ERP32,000 watts
HAAT293 meters (962 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
39°14′46″N 114°55′39″W / 39.24611°N 114.92750°W / 39.24611; -114.92750
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Public license information

KDSS (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ely, Nevada. The station is owned by Coates Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a country music format.3

The station was assigned the KDSS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 8, 1992.1

History

The station began operating on 92.7 MHz and was assigned the call letters KBXS in 1988. During this period, it operated as "Power X 93" and aired an Adult Contemporary format, notably featuring the nationally syndicated American Top 40 countdown show.4 The call sign was officially changed to KDSS on December 8, 1992.

Programming

In addition to its usual music format, programming on KDSS includes Takin’ it Outside, a short program about "living and playing in the Southwestern Outdoors" hosted by Doug Nielsen.5

Ownership

On November 30, 2007, Patrick Dennis Coates died at the age of 67.6 A resident of Ely since 1996, Coates and his wife, Samantha J. Coates, jointly owned 100 percent of privately held Coates Broadcasting, Inc.7 Samantha Coates died on September 1, 2009, at the age of 72.8 Ownership of the station and Coates Broadcasting, Inc. has since passed to Karen Livingston, daughter of Patrick and Samantha Coates.9

References

References

  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for KDSS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. "Call Sign History - Facility ID 63558 (KDSS)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  5. "Takin' it Outside - About the Show". My Outdoor TV. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
  6. "Obituaries: Patrick Dennis Coates". The Ely Times. December 6, 2007.
  7. "Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations". Federal Communications Commission. May 22, 2007.
  8. "Obituaries: Samantha Jean Coates". The Ely Times. September 9, 2009.
  9. "Coates Broadcasting Inc". www.buzzfile.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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