City Goleta, California Slogan Positive Hits | Branding Air 1 Frequency 97.5 MHz | |
Broadcast area Santa Barbara and Ventura County, California First air date September 1, 1957 (as KRCW) | ||
KYGA (97.5 FM, "Air 1") is a non-commercial Christian rock music radio station in Goleta, California.
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History
KYGA signed on in 1957 with the call letters KRCW. In 1965, the call letters changed to KTMS-FM. In time, the station would go through format changes and call sign changes before becoming a top 40 station branded as "Y97" with the KHTY call letters. In 1998, the station switched to a smooth jazz format. In March 2005, Cumulus decided to move the smooth jazz format to 106.3 KMGQ. The modern adult contemporary format on KRUZ 103.3 was then moved to this station. As a result, the station changed its call letters to KRUZ.
On December 1, 2012 at 12 midnight, KRUZ changed their format to Air 1's Christian Rock format as a result of a pending sale by Cumulus Media to Educational Media Foundation. The call sign was changed to KYGA the same day. The station now broadcasts hit music from Christian artists such as Chris Tomlin, TobyMac, and Kristian Stanfill.
Transmission problem
On Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 5:03am, KRUZ's transmitter went off the air due to heavy rain storms. On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 6am KRUZ went back on the air.
Formats
Rock (1974-1985)
Top 40 (1985-1995) Y97
Adult Alternative (1995-1998)
Smooth Jazz (1998-2005) Magic 97.5
Hot AC (2005) KRUZ 97.5
Modern AC (2005-2012) KRUZ @ 97.5
Christian CHR/Rock (2012-present) "Air 1"