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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KGSV
| logo             =
| city             = [[Oildale, California]]
| area             = [[Bakersfield metropolitan area]]
| branding         = ''Radio Punjab''
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1987|7|4}}
| frequency        = 660 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator       = 102.5 K273CB (Bakersfield)
| format           =  [[South Asia]]n
| power            = {{ubl|8,000 [[watt]]s (day)|6,000 watts (night)}}
| erp              = 250 watts (translator)
| class            = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 54760
| coordinates      = {{Coord|35|27|10.00|N|118|56|40.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KGDP (1983–1989)|KSMI (1989–1990)|KGDP (1990–2009)|KWVE (2009–2016)}}
| owner            = XL Media (CA) Inc.
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          =
| website          = {{url|http://radiopunjab.com/}}
}}
'''KGSV''' (660 [[kilohertz|kHz]]) is a commercial [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Oildale, California]], and serving the [[Bakersfield metropolitan area]]. The station is owned by XL Media (CA) Inc., and airs a [[South Asia]]n [[radio format]] known as "Radio Punjab." Affiliated stations carry the same programming in [[San Francisco]], [[Sacramento]] and other [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] cities.
KGSV's [[transmitter]] is located off Round Mountain Road in [[Bakersfield]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KGSV-AM&h=N |title=Predicted Nighttime Coverage Area for KGSV 660 AM |work=Radio-locator |access-date=May 16, 2017}}</ref>  The station's programming is also heard on [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[broadcast relay station|translator]] K273CB, on 102.5 [[Hertz|MHz]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://radio-locator.com/info/K273CB-FX |title=K273CB-FM 102.5 MHz |work=Radio-locator |access-date=May 16, 2017}}</ref>
==History==
The station went on the air as KGDP on Independence Day 1987, licensed to Orcutt, Calif. serving the Santa Maria/Central Coast market at AM 660&nbsp;kHz. On October 15, 1989, the station changed its [[call sign]] to KSMI and on January 22, 1990, back to KGDP.
KGDP and its [[sister station]], 90.5 [[KGDP-FM]] in [[Santa Maria, California]], were originally owned by a local Christian group, People of Action, through licensee Radio Representatives, Inc. In August 2008, People of Action declared bankruptcy,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} leading KGDP and KGDP-FM to cease all operations on August 31, 2008.
In November 2009, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa acquired the station, switching it to a [[simulcast]] of its [[San Clemente, California|San Clemente]] station, 107.9 [[KWVE-FM]]. KGDP-AM 660 changed its call sign to KWVE, relicensed and relocated to Oildale/Bakersfield. Its sister station, KGDP-FM, remained on the Central Coast and was sold that same year to [[Family Life Radio]].
In 2016, the AM station was sold to XL Media. On September 30, 2016, its call sign was switched to KGSV<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=54760&Callsign=KGSV|work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref> and it began airing programming from "Radio Punjab." Effective August 10, 2017, KGSV's license was assigned to commonly-owned Akal Broadcasting Corporation, and then assigned back to XL Media on August 30, 2019.
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|54760|KGSV}}
{{Bakersfield Radio}}
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[[Category:1987 establishments in California]]
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