KPAS (1490 AM) was a radio station licensed to Banning, California. It was established on November 9, 1949.
In September 1953, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized assignment of the KPAS license from Byron-Wood Motors to Henry Chester Darwin, for $6,100.Associated Press, "Radio License Shifted", San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Friday 18 September 1953, Volume LX, Number 16, page 22.
KPAS was shut down on April 21, 1972, with its license deleted on November 27. Frederick R. Cote subsequently applied for a new station using the KPAS facilities, which was licensed in 1981 as KGUD (now KMET).
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