KNMX

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KNMX
KNMX 540 logo.png
City Las Vegas, New Mexico
Broadcast area Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
Frequency 540 kHz
BrandingK New Mexico
Programming
Format New Mexico music
Ownership
OwnerSangre De Cristo Broadcasting Co, Inc.
KBQL, KMDS, KMDZ, KNMM
Technical information
Facility ID 58915
Class D
Power 5,000 watts day
20 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 35°34′25″N105°10′17″W / 35.57361°N 105.17139°W / 35.57361; -105.17139
Translator(s) 99.9 MHz  K260DJ (Las Vegas)
Links
Website SDCradio.com

KNMX (540 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Las Vegas, New Mexico, serving the Santa Fe area. The station is owned by Sangre De Cristo Broadcasting Co, Inc. [1] It broadcasts a Spanish language radio format of New Mexico music with some Regional Mexican and Ranchera music.

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By day, KNMX is powered at 5,000 watts. But because 540 AM is a Mexican and Canadian clear-channel frequency, KNMX must reduce nighttime power to only 20 watts to prevent skywave interference to the dominant Class A stations on this frequency. It uses a directional antenna at all times. [2] Programming is also heard on FM translator 99.9 MHz K260DJ. [3]

History

On April 11, 1979, San Miguel Broadcasting Company, Inc., filed a construction permit to build a new radio station at 540 kHz in Las Vegas. The Federal Communications Commission approved the construction permit in December, [4] and the station began broadcasting in October 1980. It was the area's first Spanish-language radio outlet, though it took three years for KNMX to turn a profit. [5]

San Miguel owned the station until 1993, when it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. [6] Sangre de Cristo acquired KNMX in 1996 for $235,000, after the station had been placed in trusteeship. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "KNMX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KNMX
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/K260DJ
  4. ↑ FCC History Cards for KNMX
  5. ↑ Storey, Robert (July 16, 1983). "Spanish-language radio station in unique position". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bankruptcies". Santa Fe New Mexican. November 30, 1993. p. D-2. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 19, 1996. p. 8. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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