KSMX is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Santa Maria, California

Santa Maria, California

Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county...

, USA, the station serves the Santa Maria-Lompoc area. The station is currently owned by EDB SLO License LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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, Premiere Radio Networks

Premiere Radio Networks

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 and Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

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History

KSMX was originally owned by John and Alice Bayless when it was KSMA, and the studios were originally downtown next to the old post office before Santa Maria's downtown renovation in the 1980s.

On 2007-11-30 the station changed call letters from KSMA to KSMX following a sale from Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...

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