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KFYV is a commercial radio station located in Ojai, California, broadcasting to the Oxnard-Ventura, California area on 105.5 FM. KFYV airs a Top 40 music format branded as "Live 105.5". It is owned by Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC. The station, originally owned by Fred Hall, started out as KOVA which was a Big Band/Adult Standards format. They would also re-broadcast old radio shows (i.e. Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, ect). Fred sold the station to Frank Spencer who, after about 6 years sold it in the mid-eighty's when the station became KMYX (K-Mix 106) which broadcast an urban/R & B format. The station was then owned by Mike Thomas with his son Howard Thomas (H.T. as he was known on air) on board as operations manager/program director. Howard was killed in an automobile accident in Los Angeles in August of 1988. In March of 1989 the station went to a country format and became known as Country K-Mix 106. The DJ lineup included K.M."The Rebel" Richards, Bob Stevens, Lonesome Dave Richards, Lance Hawkins, Steve Carr, Gary Fields among others. News and Sports director was John Myers. Unfortantly the country format only lasted a little over 9 months when Thomas sold the station to a Los Angeles group owner who adopted a hot AC format and changed the call letters to KKUR.
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