KSAI (FM)

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KSAI
Broadcast area Sacramento metropolitan area
Frequency 99.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingAir1
Programming
Format Contemporary Worship Music
Subchannels HD2: K-LOVE 90s
Network Air1
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 1997;28 years ago (1997-09) (as 99.5 KLVS Grass Valley)
April 15, 2008;17 years ago (2008-04-15) (as 99.3 KSAI Citrus Hts.)
Former call signs
  • KJFA (1989–1997)
  • KLVS (1997–2010)
  • KSTN (2010)
  • KLVB (2010–2025)
  • KKFS (2025)
Call sign meaning
Sacramento Air 1
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 70676
Class A
ERP 3,300 watts
HAAT 137 meters (449 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°38′53″N121°05′51″W / 38.64806°N 121.09750°W / 38.64806; -121.09750
Translators
Links
Public license information
Website www.air1.com

KSAI (99.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported FM radio station licensed to Citrus Heights, California, and serving the Sacramento metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Christian contemporary worship music format from the national network "Air1." It is owned and operated by the Educational Media Foundation, based in Franklin, Tennessee.

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KSAI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,300 watts. The transmitter is off Iron Point Road in Folsom. [2] KSAI broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel carries EMF's "K-Love 90s" network.

History

This station signed on the air in September 1997. [3] Its call sign was KLVS and it was located in Grass Valley, California, broadcasting at 99.3 MHz. It was a rebroadcaster of KLVR-FM Santa Rosa, as a "K-Love" station playing its format of Christian contemporary music. The construction permit for the station was issued in the early 1990s but it had trouble getting built until the permit was acquired by the Educational Media Foundation, then based in Northern California.

EMF re-launched the station on April 15, 2008. The transmitter was relocated from Grass Valley to El Dorado Hills, but using Citrus Heights as its new city of license. The frequency changed from 99.3 to its current 99.5. EMF wanted it to cover the larger Sacramento radio market.

On May 28, it went silent after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) voiced concern over the new 358-foot (109 m) radio tower. Although the antenna had all the necessary approvals from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FAA said those approvals should not have been given without its input. [4] EMF later worked out the technical issues and returned the station, by then KLVB, to the air in July 2012.

On February 1, 2025, due to the sale of KKFS (103.9 FM) to EMF and the end of its "103.9 The Fish" format, KLVB and KKFS exchanged call letters. KKFS 103.9 became KLVB, airing the K-Love network. KLVB 99.5 became KKFS, an affiliate of the Air1 network.[ citation needed ] On April 22, 2025, the call sign was changed to KSAI. [5] Those call letters represent the words Sacramento Air 1 (with a capital I replacing the number 1).

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSAI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ FCCdata.org/KSAI
  3. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 page D-45. Retrieved Dec. 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ K-love 2008.
  5. ↑ https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=70676


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