City | Santa Barbara, California |
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Frequency | 88.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
First air date | 1985 (as KSCA) |
Format | Public radio (KCRW simulcast) |
ERP | 12,000 watts |
HAAT | 264 meters (866 ft) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 69085 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°27′55″N 119°40′37″W / 34.465278°N 119.676946°W |
Former callsigns | KSCA (5/3/1982-9/24/1989) KFAC (9/24/1989-4/12/2004) KQSC (4/12/2004-8/27/2014) KDRW-FM (8/27/2014-10/1/2014) |
Owner |
Santa Monica College (Santa Monica Community College) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kcrw.com |
KDRW (88.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Santa Barbara, California. The station is owned by Santa Monica College, and serves as a repeater of KCRW and its public radio format. In February 2014, public radio station KCRW of Santa Monica announced that it would buy Santa Barbara classical station KDB (FM) for $1 million. KCRW will begin to use KQSC's 88.7 frequency as a repeater for KCRW's programming, while transferring KUSC's classical programming from KQSC to KDB. The sale closed on August 27, 2014 and KQSC switched to a simulcast of KCRW. The station's call letters changed to KDRW-FM on August 27, 2014, and to KDRW on October 1, 2014.