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KDON-FM is a rhythmic contemporary station licensed to Salinas, California. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its studios are in Salinas, and the transmitter is on Fremont Peak.
The KDON calls have a Top 40 heritage in the Monterey-Salinas market going back to at least the mid-1960s, when they were on 1460 AM.In its early years, 102.5 was KSBW-FM, playing middle of the road and beautiful music. It became a mainstream Top 40 station as KDON-FM in the early 1980s with no disc jockeys, in stark contrast to other Top 40 stations at the time. This may have been a gimmick at the time as the fledgling station fought to gain a foothold in the market. As the years progressed, on-air personalities were added.
The format evolved into Rhythmic Top 40 by 1988 and since then has remained one of the highest rated stations in the Monterey/Santa Cruz radio market.
In the early nineties, Mancow Muller hosted a local morning show on KDON. Other talent that has come out of KDON-FM include MTV's "Lucious Liz" and many others who have gone on to bigger radio markets working the early part of their careers at KDON.