KPSI (AM)
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KPSI is a radio station
Radio station
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 broadcasting a News
News Radio
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/Talk radio
Talk radio
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 format. Licensed to Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California
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, USA, the station serves the Palm Springs area. The station is currently owned by R & R Radio Corporation.

Its lineup (as of the last website update in September 2006) included Rush Limbaugh
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, Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
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, Laura Ingraham
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, a local sports-related show:"Da Coach's Soapbox"(with Rich ["Da Coach"] Gilgallon) and Larry King
Larry King
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 (via simulcast of Larry King Live
Larry King Live
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on CNN
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). KPSI was also a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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 and Los Angeles Lakers
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 radio networks. KPSI is owned by R&R Radio Corporation, which also operates four other local stations, KDES-FM, KPSI-FM
KPSI-FM
KPSI-FM is a commercial radio station located in Palm Springs, California, broadcasting on 100.5 FM. KPSI-FM airs a Hot AC music format branded as "Mix 100.5". It is owned by R&R Broadcasting, which also operates KPSI-AM, KPTR, KDES-FM and KWXY....

, KPTR
KPTR
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 and KWXY.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KKAM on October 15, 1984, originally on AM 1450 under affiliation with ABC Radio. On August 17, 1987, the station changed its call sign to KDES
KDES
KDES-FM 98.5 is an oldies and 1960s–1970s rock station in the Palm Springs area and the Coachella Valley of Southern California. It is owned by R&R Broadcasting, also the owner of KPSI AM 920, KPSI-FM 100.5, KPTR AM 1450 and KWXY AM 1340....

 in turn switched frequencies to AM 920 and in 1991, switched frequencies to AM 1400, renamed on June 1, 1994 to KESQ (AM)
KESQ (AM)
KESQ is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Religious music format. Licensed to Indio, California, USA. The station is currently owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company and rented by a Spanish religious radio network by La Iglesia Alfa Y Omega .The radio station itself began broadcasting in...

, on November 1, 1995, to KDES
KDES
KDES-FM 98.5 is an oldies and 1960s–1970s rock station in the Palm Springs area and the Coachella Valley of Southern California. It is owned by R&R Broadcasting, also the owner of KPSI AM 920, KPSI-FM 100.5, KPTR AM 1450 and KWXY AM 1340....

, and moved its news programs & talk shows on September 1, 1997 to the current KPSI.
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