KHSL-FM

KHSL-FM

City of license	Paradise, California
Broadcast area	Chico, California
Branding	103.5 The Blaze
Slogan	Hit Country
Frequency	103.5 MHz
First air date	1992
Format	Country
ERP	1,500 watts
HAAT	400 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	22974
Callsign meaning	Harry Smithson/Sidney Lewis
Owner	Deer Creek Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1035theblaze.com

KHSL-FM (103.5 FM, "The Blaze") is a country music formatted radio station based in Chico, California. It is owned and operated by Deer Creek Broadcasting, which also owns NewsTalk 1290 KPAY, Mix 95.1 KMXI-FM, and Spanish station KHHZ-FM 97.7 (known as La Gran X/Radio Mexico). The station's general manager is longtime Chico media personality Dino Corbin, who served as general manager at KHSL-TV for over 20 years. The program director and morning personality is Mike Wessels. The distinction of the longest-tenured on-air talent at the station goes to Moriss Taylor, who has been a fixture at the station for six decades. (Taylor has since retired.)

History

KHSL Radio began in Chico, CA, in 1935 at the request of the Chico Chamber of Commerce. Two people, Harry Smithson and Sidney Lewis, put KHSL AM on the air. The first letters of these gentlemen's first and last names form the call letters (KHSL). Over the years these call letters have become an institution in the Northstate.

In 1936, KHSL was purchased by Hugh and Mickey McClung of the Golden Empire Broadcasting Company. In 1953 the McClungs signed on the first commercial television in the Northstate, KHSL-TV. Golden Empire Broadcasting Company, which included KHSL AM and KHSL-TV, was owned by the McClungs until October 1994, and, until the sale, was one of the last original family-owned broadcast companies in the country. Mickey McClung was noted as one of the first female broadcast pioneers in the industry. (Source: Original KHSL website: no longer exists)

External links

KHSL-FM Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KHSL

Radio-Locator information on KHSL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KHSL

Radio stations in the Chico, California market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 89.1 90.1 91.7 92.7 93.9 95.1 95.7 96.7 97.7 100.3 100.7 101.7 102.1 103.5 104.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	930 1290 1340

By callsign	K204DK KBJK KBQB KCEZ KCHO KEFM-LP KFMF KHAP KHHZ KHSL KKXX KLVC KMXI KPAY KPYV KQIP-LP KQPT KRQR KTHU KVXX KYIX KZAP KZFR

¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KEFM-LP–Vida) California radio markets Bakersfield Chico Fresno Los Angeles Merced Modesto Oxnard–Ventura Palm Springs Redding Riverside/San Bernardino Sacramento San Diego San Francisco/Oakland San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Santa Cruz/Salinas/Monterey Santa Maria-Lompoc Santa Rosa Stockton Victor Valley Visalia-Tulare-Hanford Other California radio regions Barstow Bishop Crescent City Diablo Valley High Desert/Eastern Sierra Eureka Fort Bragg–Ukiah Gilroy/Hollister Imperial Valley Marysville/Yuba City Needles Red Bluff Susanville/Sierra Nevada Tri-Valley Yreka See also List of radio stations in California

Country radio stations in the state of California

Stations:	KALF – Red Bluff KATJ-FM – George KATM – Modesto KBBL – Cazadero KBEB – Sacramento KCNO – Alturas KCNQ – Kernville KCWR – Bakersfield KEKA-FM – Eureka KFGY – Healdsburg KFLG-FM – Big River KFLS-FM – Tulelake KFRG – San Bernardino KGAM – Merced KGIL - Johannesburg KGMZ-HD2 – San Francisco KGXX – Susanville KHAY – Ventura KHGE – Fresno KHSL-FM – Paradise KIBS – Bishop KIXF – Baker KIXW-FM – Lenwood KJDX – Susanville KJDX – Pollock Pines KJUG-FM – Tulare KKBN – Twain Harte KKCM – Joshua Tree KKCY – Colusa KKGO – Los Angeles KKJG – San Luis Obispo KNCI – Sacramento KNCQ – Redding KNTY – Shingle Springs KPLM – Palm Springs KPOD-FM – Crescent City KQPM – Ukiah KRAZ – Santa Ynez KRED – Eureka KRKC – King City KROP – Brawley KRRF – Oak View KRTY – Los Gatos KSJO – San Jose KSKS – Fresno KSLY-FM – San Luis Obispo KSNI-FM – Santa Maria KSON – San Diego KSOQ-FM – Escondido KSTN – Stockton KSYC-FM – Yreka KTOM-FM – Marina KTPI-FM – Mojave KUBB – Mariposa KUKI-FM – Ukiah KUZZ – Bakersfield KUZZ-FM – Bakersfield KVMX – Bakersfield KWSV-LP- Simi Valley KXCM – Twentynine Palms KXFG – Sun City KYOE – Point Arena KYZZ – Salinas KRRF-Oak View KTNK-Lompoc

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

Coordinates: 39°57′29″N 121°42′54″W / 39.958°N 121.715°W / 39.958; -121.715

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