KDES-FM

**KDES-FM**

City	Cathedral City, California
Broadcast area	Coachella Valley
Branding	98.5 The Bull
Slogan	10 In-A-Row New Country and Greatest Hits
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-FM 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-FM's studio headquarters are in Palm Springs California. KDES-FM'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 (1950s-1960s) to more of a "Classic Hits" format by expanding its playlist to include more 1970s hits as well as 1980s hits.

In January 2010, KDES-FM 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-FM 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 97.1 97.7 98.5 99.5 100.5 101.1 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.1 106.9 107.3

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

By callsign	K232CX K297BO KBFR KCLB-FM KCRI KDES-FM KDGL KESQ KEZN 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 KVGH-FM KVLA-FM KWXY KXCP KXPS

Nearby radio markets Barstow Imperial Valley Laughlin-Needles-Lake Havasu City Los Angeles Riverside/San Bernardino San Diego Victor Valley See also List of radio stations in California

Alpha Media

AM radio stations	KAAN KABI KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KDKD KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KSAH KSAL KTSA KTUB KUFO KVGH KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WANG WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WHIS WIBW WING WIRL WJNT WJOL WJQS WKEZ WKRS WLIP WMBD WNTX WOAD WOIC WRNN WRNS WSGW WTNI WXBD

FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBLS KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKD-FM KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSAL-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KXEA KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYEZ KYKX W228CI W242BY W262BY W274BM WARQ WARV-FM WBBT-FM WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WCPR-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEAT WERO WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGBL WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHAJ WHBC-FM WHKX WHQX WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WIRK WJMI WKOY-FM WKXI-FM WKZQ-FM WLFV WMBX WMFX WMJM WMYB WNGY WPBG WQBB WQCM WQSL WQZL WRKS WRMF WRNN-FM WRNS-FM WROU-FM WRWN WRXQ WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WSWT WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWLB WWUZ WXCL WXLC WXMA WXQR-FM WXYK WXYY WYAV

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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 KLIV - San Jose KNCI – Sacramento KNCQ – Redding KNNN - Redding KNTY – Shingle Springs KOSO - Patterson/Modesto KPLM – Palm Springs KPOD-FM – Crescent City KQPM – Ukiah KRAZ – Santa Ynez KRED – Eureka KRJK - Lamont KRKC – King City KROP – Brawley KRTY – Los Gatos KSKS – Fresno KSNI-FM – Santa Maria KSON – San Diego KSOQ-FM – Escondido KSTN – Stockton KSYC-FM – Yreka KTNK-Lompoc KTOM-FM – Marina KTPI-FM – Mojave KUBB – Mariposa KUKI-FM – Ukiah KUZZ – Bakersfield KUZZ-FM – Bakersfield KWSV-LP- Simi Valley KXCM – Twentynine Palms KXFG – Sun City KYOE – Point Arena

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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