City King City, California First air date January 30, 1989 | Frequency 102.1 MHz ERP 50,000 watts | |
Broadcast area Monterey/Salinas California Slogan Caution May Contain Awesome... | ||
102.1 KRKC-FM "KC102" is a radio station licensed to King City, California in the Monterey, California radio market. It is owned by King City Communications Corporation. The Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz market includes all of Monterey County and Santa Cruz County.
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History and overview
KRKC FM/AM has been owned by King City Communications Corporation since 1982. KC102 plays current Hot A/C rock music and a mix of classic hits from the past 25 years. KC102 also covers Northern San Luis Obispo County and other portions of the Central Coast Of California. The physical location of the studios for KRKC FM/AM is at 1134 San Antonio Drive in King City, California. The transmitter for KC102 is located at Williams Hill, California KC102 is at 102.1 on the FM dial. KC102 features a Hot A/C format. The KC102 on air slogan is "Caution May Contain Awesome..." Its sister station KRKC is at 1490AM and 104.9 FM. Its on air slogan is "KRKC Country".
Notable personalities
The main DJ personality on KC102 is Michael Davis (26 years) in afternoon drive. The General Manager is Matthew Arnett. Long time General Manager William Gittler retired on October 1, 2012. Gittler served as GM for 30 years and is still involved with ownership of the three station group, 102.1, 104.9 and 1490 AM. Michael Davis is a former Music Director and on air DJ at KNAC/Los Angeles and was also Music Director/DJ at KFMG/Albuquerque. 21 year station vet Jim Barker retired in Feb 2016. Other DJs on KC102 include Venetia, Hayden, Bo and Bernie Mack. KC102 news updates are handled by Deb Albertson. Former KSBW-TV/Monterey (NBC) weather personality Jim Vanderzwaan provides forecast updates. Friday nights at 5 PM (during football season) is the NFL predictions feature with Michael Davis and Lola Berlin. That show, with Davis and Berlin is in its 11th season on KC102 as of the fall of 2016. Lola Berlin has become a regular year round cast member with Michael Davis on the 5PM-7PM show.