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KBQS-LP
Broadcast areaMetro Sacramento[2]
Frequency98.9 FM MHz
Programming
FormatVariety[3]
Ownership
OwnerSacramento Bicycle Kitchen[1][4]
History
First air date
November 6, 2017[5]
Former call signs
KBQS-LP (2017-2021)
DKBQS-LP (2021)
KBQS-LP (2021-Present)[6]
Call sign meaning
possible leetspeak for "bikes"
Technical information
Facility ID197555
ClassL1
Power33 Watts
HAAT52 meters (171 ft)[1]
Transmitter coordinates
38°33′45.60″N 121°32′31.80″W / 38.5626667°N 121.5421667°W / 38.5626667; -121.5421667[1]

KBQS-LP is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station.[3] The station is licensed to and serving Sacramento in California.[1][2] KBQS-LP is owned and operated by Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen.[1][4] The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen is a volunteer, bicycle shop serving the residents of Sacramento to promote cycling, offer maintenance, and classes.[4]

History

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KBQS-LP's original construction permit was filed by the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen on October 27, 2014.[7] The station received it's License to Cover on October 25[7], and began broadcasting on November 6[5], 2017.

Less than three months later, on January 24, KBQS-LP was taken silent, due to interference from co-channel translator K255CL, owned by Educational Media Foundation.[8][9][10][11] On May 31, 2018, the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen filed documents to move from 98.9 to 107.5, but the application was dismissed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[12][13] A subsequent Petition for Reconsideration was also dismissed days later on June 7.[14][15] On September 24, the STA allowing KBQS-LP to be silent was extended by the FCC.[16] On February 4, 2019, KBQS-LP returned to the airwaves.[17]

On four separate occasions, in early 2019 and late 2020, beginning on February 16, a woman using the name of "Kaylee Lynn Stein" filed applications regarding KBQS-LP, making many outlandish and patently false claims.[18][5] All of the applications made by "Stein" were quickly denied or dismissed by the FCC.[5] The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen filed an application on March 19, as the organization continued to work on their interference issues.[19] The application would see the station drop the station's power from 50 to 33 watts and raising their antenna's height from 22.4939 meters (73.799 ft) to 52 meters (171 ft).[19] This application was approved by the FCC.[19] Less than a month later on April 17, the station powered down to begin the move of their antenna.[20][21]

On March 19, 2020, KBQS returned to the airwaves, once again.[5][22] The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen filed a License to Cover, for their new antenna height and wattage, on March 23, 2020, and it was granted by the FCC on May 11, 2020 (likely due to the lockdowns in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic).[23][24] On March 5, 2021, the license of KBQS-LP was, for unknown reasons, deleted by the FCC but then immediately reinstated on the same day.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "KBQS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Facility Technical Data - KBQS-LP". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Mission and History - Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen". Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - KBQS-LP". REC Networks. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. October 27, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2021. Cite error: The named reference "OriginalCP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. January 24, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "KBQS-LP 2018 STA "Interference" Document". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. January 24, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "Utah Translator, Michigan LPFM Change Hands". All Access Music Group. January 24, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "K255CL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. May 31, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "KBQS-LP 2018 "Engineering/Waiver Request" Document". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. May 31, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  14. ^ "Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 7, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  15. ^ "KBQS-LP 2018 "Engineering/Waiver Request" Document". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 7, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  16. ^ "Request to Extend STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. September 24, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "Resumption of Operations". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. February 4, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. February 16, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  20. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 17, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  21. ^ "No New Station Sales In FCC Database Thursday Morning". All Access Music Group. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  22. ^ "Resumption of Operations". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 16, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  23. ^ "License to Cover for Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  24. ^ "Authorization of License to Cover for Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. May 11, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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