KSAC (AM)

Last updated
KSAC
Broadcast area Sacramento Valley
Frequency 890 kHz
BrandingRAD Radio
Programming
Format Talk radio
Ownership
Owner
KSAC-FM, KVMX-FM
History
First air date
2014 (2014)
Former call signs
  • KDDP (2012–2014)
  • KMJE (2014–2017)
  • KVMX (2017–2024)
Call sign meaning
Sacramento
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 160999
Class B
Power
  • 10,000 watts day
  • 270 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
38°30′28.67″N121°34′49.84″W / 38.5079639°N 121.5805111°W / 38.5079639; -121.5805111
Repeater(s) 104.7 K284CM (Sacramento)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website radradio.com

KSAC (890 AM) is a Class B radio station in Olivehurst, California, operating with 10,000 watts of power during the day and 270 watts at night. The station is owned by Lotus Communications through licensee Lotus Sacramento Corp. and targets the Sacramento area. [2] KSAC's programming is entirely devoted to The Rob, Anybody, and Dawn Show . It also broadcasts via translator K284CM on 104.7 MHz, licensed to Sacramento.

Contents

As 890 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, KSAC must reduce nighttime power to 270 watts to prevent interference to the skywave signal of WLS in Chicago, Illinois, a Class A station.

History

The station signed on in the summer of 2014 as KMJE, carrying programming from sister FM station KMJE-FM.

On June 30, 2016, KMJE was granted a construction permit to move its night transmitter site to the day transmitter site at KTKZ and decrease night power to 270 watts. The station then changed its call sign to KVMX on April 17, 2017. As of January 16, 2024, the call sign is KSAC. [3]

On November 13, 2023, KVMX broke from its simulcast with KVMX-FM (the former KMJE-FM) and KSAC-FM and relaunched as "RAD Radio", devoting its entire lineup to The Rob, Anybody, and Dawn Show . The program is carried live in morning drive and repeated in afternoon drive and the overnight hours; other time periods feature archival segments. [4]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
K284CM104.7 FM Sacramento, California 144146250D 38°35′15.7″N121°29′25.8″W / 38.587694°N 121.490500°W / 38.587694; -121.490500 (K284CM) LMS

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KSAC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Venta, Lance (September 4, 2013). "92.1 KMJE Sacramento Sold". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. "KSAC Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. Venta, Lance (October 10, 2023). "Rob, Anybody & Dawn To Return To Sacramento On RAD Radio 890/104.7". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 9, 2024.