KOLA

KOLA
City Redlands, California
Broadcast area Riverside-San Bernardino, California
Branding KOLA 99.9
Slogan Classic Hits
Frequency 99.9 MHz
First air date 1959 (as KFMW)
Format Classic Hits
ERP 29,500 watts
HAAT 507 meters
Class B
Facility ID 55240
Former callsigns KFMW (1959-1968)
Owner INLAND EMPIRE BROADCASTING CORP. P O BOX 2668 DEL MAR, CA 92014
Webcast Listen Live or
Listen Live
Website kolafm.com

KOLA is a commercial classic hits music radio station in Redlands, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California, area on 99.9 FM. KOLA was founded by Fred Cote, first owner and general manager. Its studios are in Redlands, California and the transmitter tower is in Moreno Valley.

History

99.9 FM originally signed on in 1959 as KFMW, with transmitter located on Box Springs Mountain southeast of Riverside. Fred Coté bought the station sometime in 1968, and changed the call sign to KOLA and switched from KFMW's MOR/beautiful music format to a soul and Top 40 format. In the winter of 1970–71, KOLA moved its studios to the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside.[1] In 1980, the station switched to Album Oriented Rock with Ted Ziegenbusch as their programming consultant through 1987. In 1987 the station switched back to a more Top 40 music approach. In the 1990s KOLA played oldies from the '60s and '70s. In the early 2000s, most of the 1960s hits were dropped and adapted to play more hits of the 1970s and 1980s. By spring of 2013, KOLA dropped all the 1960s hits and switched to a 1970s-80s-90s classic hits format. KOLA continues to broadcast from the same tower at the same 29,500 watts on its original license from 1959 as KFMW.

References

  1. Hall, Claude (30 January 1971). "Radio-TV programming: Vox Jox". Billboard: 35.

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Coordinates: 33°57′58″N 117°17′20″W / 33.966°N 117.289°W / 33.966; -117.289

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