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On this date ...

1968: Radio station KICA was home to "the all-American sound" and promoted itself as the No. 1 radio station in Clovis.

General Manager Bill Torbert said the No. 1 designation was determined by a "National Rating Service."

Torbert thanked the station's trade area in a newspaper ad.

"KICA will continue to bring to the citizens of our coverage area the best in entertainment, the most complete and up to date news coverage, be it local or national," he wrote.

The newspaper ad spotlighted a dozen station employees, including News Director Richard W. Morgan, Sports Director Leon Williams, Women's News Reporter Dorothy Gameral, Traffic Reporter Gloria McKenzie, Sales Manager Hugh McEvoy, Operations Manager Jerry Welch and Chief Engineer Stewart Bean.

Janice Stout was Miss KICA for 1968.

KICA had been around since 1934.

The property on Sycamore Street near Hillcrest Park Zoo is no longer operating as a radio station.

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