after denying a Petition for Reconsideration and Application for Review filed by Ed Stolz, the former owner of the station at 106.5 MHz when it was KWOD; Stolz had sought to have his 1996 sale of the station rescinded so he could resume control. The FCC ruled that Stolz's arguments had no merit and that he was not a party of interest in the dispute between Media Action Center and Entercom that led to the license revocation hearing. Reuse of the frequency in Sacramento The FCC returned the 107.9 frequency on which KDND was licensed to operate to the agency's inventory of unused channels, to be put up for auction to the highest bidder. The FCC stipulated that use of the frequency must retain its short-spaced protections to KSAN (107.7 FM) in San Mateo, California; any new station would be limited to 50 kW ERP and an average height above average terrain of 123 meters in the direction of KSAN. The FCC included the 107.9 frequency in its auction scheduled to begin April 28, 2020, but the auction was indefinitely postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The allocation was again put up for auction as part of FCC Auction 109 beginning July 27, 2021, and was auctioned off to iHeartMedia for $6,146,000. KSTE-FM began broadcasts on May 4, 2022, using the former KDND transmission facility at Elverta; following a month of stunting, the new station would launch a hot adult contemporary format on June 8, 2022, and subsequently change its call sign to KZIS. References DND Radio stations established in 1947 Radio stations disestablished in 2017 1947 establishments in California 2017 disestablishments in California Audacy, Inc. radio stations Defunct radio stations in the United States DND Video game controversies Radio controversies