KARM
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| Broadcast area | Visalia - Tulare - Hanford |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 89.7 and 90.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Inspirational |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Harvest Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1980 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 26360 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 1,000 watts |
| HAAT | 247 meters (810 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°38′10″N 118°56′32″W / 36.63611°N 118.94222°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | MyPromiseFM.com |
KARM (89.7 FM "Promise FM"), is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Inspirational format. It is licensed to Visalia, California, and serves the Central California communities of Visalia, Tulare and Hanford. The station is currently owned by Harvest Broadcasting Company, Inc.[2] The studios are on South Woodland Drive in Visalia. The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air and on its website.
KARM is a Class B1 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000 watts.
History
The station signed on the air in 1980.[3] It has always had a Christian radio format.
Until 2016, KARM's programming was simulcast in Modesto and the San Joaquin Valley via its former sister station, KADV.
The KARM call sign was once used for a station broadcasting on 1430 AM as Fresno's ABC Radio Network affiliate in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time it was the second-oldest AM station in the Fresno market, after KMJ 580 AM. The original KARM got its start on 1310 kHz with 100 watts in 1938.[4][5] It is now sports radio KFIG.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KARM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Promise FM: Family Friendly Radio
- ^ page D 111. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2025.
- ^ Fresno Bee, radio logs (various dates)
- ^ White's Radio Log (various dates)
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 26360 (KARM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KARM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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