The station originally was assigned the
call sign KWHL by the
Federal Communications Commission, but it first signed on June 10, 1962 as KHER. The station adopted the KZON call letters in 1967. In August 1986, KZON changed its
call letters to KTAP. In May 1989,
Leo Kesselman sold KTAP to Buenos Diaz Broadcasting Inc., owned by Eduardo Diaz, for $425,000. However, the station would return to Kesselman's possession only two years later. In March 1996, Kesselman's Boardwalk Broadcasting Company announced a sale of KTAP and sister station
KIDI-FM to Hispanic Radio Partners L.P. for $550,000; however, just eight months later in November, Boardwalk sold the combo to Emerald Wave Media for $475,000. In February 2002, Emerald Wave president George Ruiz bought out his partner's shares, taking sole ownership of the station pair for $260,000. KIDI-FM aired a
regional Mexican format at the time. In April 2016, Emerald Wave Media purchased an
FM translator in
Visalia, California from Living Proof, Inc. for $28,000. The translator was relocated to Santa Maria and began rebroadcasting KTAP as K225CG at 92.9 FM. On January 18, 2010, high winds in the
Point Sal area caused a power outage that knocked 11 of 14 local radio stations (including KTAP) off the air. Using generators, KTAP quickly resumed broadcasting. ==References==