Claim: KTAP  is a commercial AM radio station owned by Emerald Wave Media that  broadcasts a regional Mexican radio format and first aired on June 10, 1962 in Santa Maria-Lompoc, California .
Evidence: KTAP (1600 kHz, "Radio Ranchito") is a commercial AM radio station that is licensed to Santa Maria, California, United States and serves the Santa Maria-Lompoc area. The station is owned by Emerald Wave Media and broadcasts a regional Mexican radio format. The station originally was assigned the call sign KWHL by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but it first signed on June 10, 1962 as KHER.