KARM

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KARM
Broadcast areaVisalia - Tulare - Hanford
Frequency 89.7 and 90.5 MHz
Programming
Format Contemporary Inspirational
Ownership
OwnerHarvest Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
1980;45 years ago (1980)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 26360
Class B1
ERP 1,000 watts
HAAT 247 meters (810 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°38′10″N118°56′32″W / 36.63611°N 118.94222°W / 36.63611; -118.94222
Links
Public license information
Website MyPromiseFM.com

KARM (89.7 FM "Promise FM"), is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Inspirational format. It is licensed to Visalia, California, and serves the Central California communities of Visalia, Tulare and Hanford. The station is currently owned by Harvest Broadcasting Company, Inc. [2] The studios are on South Woodland Drive in Visalia. The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air and on its website.

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KARM is a Class B1 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000 watts.

History

The station signed on the air in 1980;45 years ago. [3] It has always had a Christian radio format.

Until 2016, KARM's programming was simulcast in Modesto and the San Joaquin Valley via its former sister station, KADV.

The KARM call sign was once used for a station broadcasting on 1430 AM as Fresno's ABC Radio Network affiliate in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time it was the second-oldest AM station in the Fresno market, after KMJ 580 AM. The original KARM got its start on 1310 kHz with 100 watts in 1938. [4] [5] It is now sports radio KFIG.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KARM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Promise FM: Family Friendly Radio
  3. page D 111. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2025.
  4. Fresno Bee, radio logs (various dates)
  5. White's Radio Log (various dates)