KFIA (AM)

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KFIA
Broadcast area Sacramento metropolitan area
Frequency 710 kHz
Branding710 AM and 105.7 FM The Word
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Affiliations SRN News
Ownership
Owner
KKFS, KTKZ
History
First air date
January 11, 1979
Call sign meaning
Keeping Faith In America
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 50300
Class B
Power 25,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
250 watts (FM translator)
Transmitter coordinates
38°49′58″N121°19′3″W / 38.83278°N 121.31750°W / 38.83278; -121.31750
Translator(s) 105.7 K289CT (Sacramento)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website thewordsacramento.com

KFIA (710 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching format. Licensed to Carmichael, California, the station serves the Sacramento metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc. which is a part of Salem Media Group. [2]

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KFIA is powered at 25,000 watts by day. But because 710 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations KIRO Seattle and WOR New York City, KFIA must greatly reduce power at night to 1,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off North Foothills Boulevard at Athens Avenue in Rocklin. [3] KFIA programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K289CT 105.7 MHz in Sacramento. [4]

Programming

Most of KFIA's schedule is brokered programming where religious leaders pay for time on the station and may seek donations to their ministries during their shows. Some national Christian shows heard on KFIA include Through the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, Grace to You with John MacArthur, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll and Focus on The Family with Jim Daly. Until August 2009, it aired Bible Answer Man with Hank Hanegraff. News updates are supplied by SRN News.

History

On January 11, 1979, the station signed on the air. [5] It was owned by Olympic Broadcasters and was powered at only 250 watts. KFIA has maintained the same call sign and religious format for its entire time on the air.

New Inspiration Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Salem Media Group, acquired the station in 1995. [6]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KFIA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "KFIA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Radio-Locator.com/KFIA
  4. Radio-Locator.com/K289CT
  5. Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-19
  6. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996 page B-37