KOST-FM
KOST-FM is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KOST-FM was paid $5.22M across 78 client committees, of which $380K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$4,839,860 | 181 rows | 92.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$379,948 | 17 rows | 7.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 20, 2000 → May 21, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 181
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 78
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$23,370 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $5,219,808 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $112K | 4 | PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO … 55% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $112K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $260K | 7 | TUCK FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF … 37% | Other / Unclassified 93% | $372K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $54K | 3 | CALIFORNIANS FOR QUALITY SC… 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $54K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $123K | 5 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 100% | Media 69% | $177K | -53% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $40K | 2 | ELDER BALLOT MEASURE COMMIT… 64% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $217K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $43K | 1 | CAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT INDEP… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $43K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $27K | 1 | YES ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FO… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $70K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $21K | 1 | 830349 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $91K | -83% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $23K | 1 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $23K | — |
Revenue by service category
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $4,208,284 | 154 | $27K | 87.4% | WHITMAN FOR GOVERNOR 2010 E… 6% | 3y ago |
| Media | $571,987 | 25 | $23K | 11.9% | SMALL BUSINESS ACTION COMMI… 30% | 3w ago |
| Strategy & Research | $34,383 | 2 | $17K | 0.7% | 761010 100% | 15y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $4,839,860 | 100.0% | 78 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.