KBDS
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| City | Taft, California |
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| Broadcast area | Bakersfield, California |
| Branding | 103.9 The Beat |
| Frequency | 103.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1986 (as KTLM) |
| Format | Rhythmic Contemporary |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (328 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 456 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°07′04″N 119°27′33″W / 35.11778°N 119.45917°W |
| Callsign meaning | Bakersfield's Dance Station (former format) |
| Former callsigns | KTLM (1985-1990) KMYX-FM (1990-2000) |
| Owner | Radio Campensina Bakersfield |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thebeat1039.com |
KBDS (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Taft, California. The station is owned by Radio Campensina Bakersfield, Inc., which is itself owned by The Cesar Chavez Foundation. While the station normally broadcasts to the Kern County, California area, as of November 14, 2008, it was temporarily off the air. It returned to the air on February 5, 2016 with a rhythmic contemporary format branded as "103.9 The Beat", which prior to its silence on November 14, 2008, was the same format it had when it was branded as "Play 103.9," and whose slogan at the time was "Blazin' Hip Hop Y Mas."
This station was granted its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 18, 1985. The new station was assigned the call letters KTLM by the FCC on December 3, 1985. During that time, the station featured a "Big Band" format, playing Swing Era music from the 1930s and 40's. In March 1988, Louise E. Mann's Mann Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to transfer the permit for this station to The Great Southwest Broadcasting Company. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 27, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on September 13, 1988.
KTLM received its license to cover from the FCC on August 22, 1989. However, in July 1989 Bakersfield Radio Partners L.P. reached an agreement to acquire this station's permit and license. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 1, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on December 19, 1989. The new owners had the FCC change the station's callsign to KMYX-FM on January 8, 1990. By that point, the station was broadcasting a "soft rock" format featuring adult contemporary hits of the 1970s and 80's.
In July 1993, Bakersfield Radio Partners reached an agreement to sell this station to Adelman Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 2, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on October 1, 1993. The format switched once again to country, with the monicre "Thunder Country".
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