KDES-FM

**KDES-FM**
City of license	Cathedral City, California
Broadcast area	Coachella Valley
Branding	98.5 The Bull
Slogan	Palm Springs' New Country
Frequency	98.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	107.3 K297BO (Palm Springs, relays HD2)
First air date	1969 (as KWXY-FM)
Format	Country HD2: Adult Standards "107.3 Mod FM"
ERP	43,000 watts
HAAT	161 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	24253
Callsign meaning	K DESert
Former callsigns	KWXY-FM (1969-2010)
Owner	Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	985thebull.com 1073modfm.com (HD2)

KDES-FM 98.5 is a radio station in the Palm Springs area and the Coachella Valley of Southern California.

KDES began in 1957 on the AM dial at 920 kHz and was affiliated with ABC Radio. KDES-FM went on-air in 1963, then adopted the top 40/pop music format in 1975. It switched to an oldies format in 1988. The AM station dropped oldies in 1995, replacing them with news/talk KPSI.

KDES's studio headquarters are in Palm Springs California. KDES's signal covers a 40-mile (64 km) radius area, from Beaumont to the Morongo Basin to the Imperial Valley.

Over the 20th Century, KDES-FM had shifted from conventional oldies (50s-60s) to more of a "Classic Hits" format by expanding its playlist to include more 70s hits as well as 80s hits.

In January 2010, KDES announced plans to move its oldies format to KWXY-FM's former frequency. This decision brought an end to KWXY-FM's beautiful music format, which has moved to AM 1340. KDES vacated its original frequency of 104.7 on February 2. The frequency was sold and has been moved out of the market by its new owners.

On September 9, 2015, shortly after being sold to Alpha Media, KDES began simulcasting KDGL, with a change to Country as "98.5 The Bull" to follow the next day, launching with the usual 10,000 songs in a row, with the first song being "This Is How We Roll" by Florida-Georgia Line.^[1]

References

↑ Alpha Makes Multiple Palm Springs Changes

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KDES

Radio-Locator information on KDES

Radio stations in the Palm Springs, California market

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.3 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.7 93.7 94.3 94.7 95.9 96.7 97.7 98.5 99.5 100.5 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.1 106.9 107.3

By AM frequency	920 970 1010 1140 1200 1270 1340 1400 1450

By callsign	K232CX K297BO KCLB-FM KCRI KDES-FM KDGL KESQ KEZN KFSQ KHCS KHCV KJJZ KKCM KKUU KLOB KMRJ KNWQ KNWZ KPLM KPSC KPSF KPSH KPSI KPSI-FM KPST-FM KPTR KRCK-FM KRHQ KUNA-FM KVGH KVLA-FM KWXY KXPS

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Country radio stations in the state of California

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See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California

Coordinates: 33°51′58″N 116°26′06″W / 33.866°N 116.435°W / 33.866; -116.435

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