KSFH was an American non-commercial educational FM radio station licensed to operate on 87.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 10 watts.[2] KSFH started as the radio station of Saint Francis High School at Mountain View, California. It was sold to Mountain View Public Broadcasting in 2015, with the sale being consummated on October 7 that year.[3] KSFH was one of two radio stations licensed to operate on 87.9 MHz in the United States.[4]
| Broadcast area | Mountain View – Sunnyvale |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 87.9 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mountain View Public Broadcasting |
| History | |
First air date | 1976 |
Last air date | December 2, 2021; 2 years and 357 days ago (Licence Cancelled) |
Former frequencies | 90.5 MHz (1976–1982) 88.1 MHz (1982–1999) |
Call sign meaning | Saint Francis High School (original owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 62118 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 10 watts vertical |
| HAAT | −44 meters (−144 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°23′51.22″N 122°3′4.86″W / 37.3975611°N 122.0513500°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
History
editKSFH was started by Saint Francis High School, with its first application for a construction permit being filed on December 11, 1972. The KSFH callsign was issued to the construction permit on February 12, 1973. KSFH was first licensed on March 16, 1976.[5]
Formerly authorized to operate on 90.5 MHz and 88.1 MHz, KSFH moved to 87.9 MHz in 1999. It was one of only two radio stations in the United States to be licensed on this frequency, with the other being a translator station for CSN International in Sun Valley, Nevada.[4]
In 2014, Mountain Valley Public Broadcasting agreed to purchase the KSFH license[6] at a price of $20,000.[7] The new owner's principals were associated with various stations in California, Washington, and Canada aimed at Indians; board member Sukhdev Dhillon was also president of a group that, in 2015, would purchase KMKY in Oakland.[8] While the sale was pending, in February 2015 the station filed to move to 100.7 MHz, citing the "operational challenges" of operating on a frequency not normally used for FM radio.[4] St. Francis High School consummated the sale of KSFH to Mountain View Public Broadcasting on October 7, 2015.[3]
The station's license was deleted on December 2, 2021 after the station's owner declined to renew the license.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSFH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ KSFH's technical data from the F.C.C.'s C.D.B.S.; retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b Consummation notice to the F.C.C.: October 8, 2015; retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c Radio Insight, February 22, 2015 "FCC Applications 2/22: One Less on 87.9"; retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ History cards for KSFH, retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Venta, Lance (December 12, 2014). "Station Sales Week Of 12/12". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission. July 17, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (June 24, 2015). "Disney Sells Bay Area Affiliate". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "FCC Report 12/5: Fines & Waivers Given to Pair of Late Application Filers".
- ^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. December 2, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 62118 (KSFH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KSFH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio Survivor; December 18, 2014 "St. Francis High School Files Paperwork to Sell KSFH to Group Focused on South Asian Community"; retrieved April 29, 2019.