KSMH

Last updated
KSMH
Broadcast area Sacramento metropolitan area
Frequency 1620 kHz
Branding Relevant Radio
Programming
Format Catholic religious radio
Affiliations Relevant Radio
Ownership
Owner Relevant Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
February 1999
Call sign meaning
"Sacrament Most Holy" [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 87036
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 38°35′17″N121°28′5″W / 38.58806°N 121.46806°W / 38.58806; -121.46806
Translator(s) 97.7 MHz  K249FJ (Rocklin)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website relevantRadio.com

KSMH (1620 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic religious radio format as a member of the Relevant Radio network. Licensed to West Sacramento, California, United States, it serves the Sacramento metropolitan area. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc.

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KSMH broadcasts at 10,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on 28th Street in Sacramento, near the American River and The Capital Freeway. [2]

History

KSMH originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with AM 950 KAHI in Auburn, California authorized to move to 1620 kHz. [3]

The expanded band operation on 1620 kHz signed on the air in February 1999 as KSMH. [4] The FCC initially provided that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could optionally operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. However, this deadline has been extended numerous times, and both stations have remained authorized. One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. [5] [6]

Immaculate Heart Radio bought the station only months after KSMH went on the air. In April 1999, it paid $475,000 for KSMH and KAHI. KSMH was initially located in Auburn; it moved to West Sacramento in 2001, but FCC regulations require that it continue to be co-owned with KAHI, which remains operated by the stations' former owner under a time brokerage agreement. [7] Immaculate Heart Radio merged with Relevant Radio in 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "Immaculate Heart Radio". February 8, 1999. Archived from the original on February 8, 1999. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KSMH
  3. ↑ "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
  4. ↑ Information from the Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-112
  5. ↑ "In re: WHLY(AM), South Bend, Indiana" (FCC DA 13-600, released April 3, 2013)
  6. ↑ "Re: WDDD (AM) Application for Consent to Assignment of AM Broadcast Station License" (August 23, 2010 correspondence from Peter H. Doyle, Chief, FCC Audio Division, Media Bureau. Reference Number 1800B3-TSN)
  7. ↑ Goodwin Crump, Anne (March 21, 2016). "Comments of KAHI Corporation" (PDF). Retrieved December 11, 2020.


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