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

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

External links

Official Website

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Radio stations in the Riverside/San Bernardino, California market

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See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Oldies Classic Hits

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

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