KERI in Bakersfield, California
- Station: KERI in Bakersfield, California
Band: 1410 KhZ AM
Date: March 4, 2021
About: KERI (1410 kHz "Faith & Family 1410 AM") is a commercial AM radio station in Bakersfield, California. The station is owned by Robert and Luann Wilkins, through licensee Bob Wilkins Radio Network Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a religious radio format. Most hours are brokered programming, where national and local religious leaders pay for a segment of time, for preaching or instruction, and where they may appeal to listeners for donations. Hosts include Charles Stanley, Jim Daly, John MacArthur, David Jeremiah and Jay Sekulow.
KERI is powered at 1,000 watts, day and night, using a non-directional antenna. Its transmitter is located on Kimber Avenue in Bakersfield, off Route 58 - Exit 115. KERI's studios and offices are on Easton Drive in Bakersfield.
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Notes: KERI did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I created the image from their website.
KERN in Bakersfield, California
- Station: KERN in Bakersfield, California
Band: 1180 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: KERN is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Wasco-Greenacres, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by American General Media. The radio studios and offices are in the American General Media complex at 1400 Easton Drive, STE 134 in Bakersfield. 50,000 watts for daytime broadcasting and 10,000 watts at night.
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Notes: KERN did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I created the image from their website.
KNZR in Bakersfield, California
- Station: KNZR in Bakersfield, California
Band: 1560 KhZ AM
Date: March 26, 2021
About: KNZR (1560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Bakersfield, California. It is owned by Alpha Media and airs a talk radio format, which is simulcast on sister station 97.7 KNZR-FM. The studios and offices are on Pegasus Drive in Bakersfield. KNZR broadcasts with 25,000 watts of power by day and 10,000 watts at night, using a three-tower array directional antenna after sunset. KNZR is designated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a clear channel, Class A radio station. At night, with a good radio, it can be picked up around many parts of California and other Western states. It shares Class A status on AM 1560 with WFME in New York City. The transmitter is on Artimus Court in Bakersfield.
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Notes: KNZR sent a thoughtful QSL letter and some cool bumper stickers in response to my mailed reception report.
QSL Letter From KNZR
KBFP in Bakersfield, California
- Station: KBFP in Bakersfield, California
Band: 800 KhZ AM
Date: February 15, 2021
About: KBFP (800 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a comedy format via the "Today's Comedy" satellite feed and is licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States, it serves inland central California. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are located in southwest Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located south of downtown Bakersfield. In August 2014 KBFP (Bakersfield's Funny Place) switched from the 24/7 Comedy satellite feed to the "Today's Comedy" feed after the 24/7 Comedy format ceased operations. 800 AM is a Mexican clear-channel frequency. For that reason, KBFP must reduce power at night from 1,000 watts to 440 watts to avoid interfering with Class A XEROK-AM Ciudad Juarez. KBFP uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array.
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Notes: KBFP did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online. I pulled them in at night when they were powered by just 440 watts.
KNWQ in Palm Springs, California
- Station: KNWQ in Palm Springs, California
Band: 1140 KhZ AM
Date: February 24, 2021
About: KNWQ (1140 AM) is radio station licensed to Palm Springs, California. It airs a news-talk format and is part of a simulcast with 970 KNWZ and 1250 KNWH. It is owned by Alpha Media. 1140 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which XEMR-AM and WRVA share Class A status. They broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and 2,500 at night.
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Notes: KNWQ did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I created the image from their website.
KPSF in Cathedral City, California
- Station: KPSF in Cathedral City, California
Band: 1200 KhZ AM
Date: February 17, 2021
About: KPSF (1200 AM, "Studio 100.9") and 100.9 FM is a radio station licensed to Cathedral City, California. It airs an oldies format. The station is programmed under an LMA agreement by WM Media, LLC and Mark Westwood. KPSF signed on March 5, 2012. The station shares its transmitter site with sister station KXPS. They broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and 1,300 at night.
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Notes: KPSF did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I created the image from their website.
KSMH in West Sacramento, California
- Station: KSMH in West Sacramento, California
Band: 1620 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: 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. 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.
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Notes: KSMH did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KIFM in Sacramento, California
- Station: KIFM in Sacramento, California
Band: 1320 KhZ AM
Date: February 14, 2021
About: KIFM (1320 AM) is a radio station in Sacramento, California, that has been affiliated with ESPN Radio since February 2007. It has separate transmitter sites for daytime and night operations. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc., its studios are located in North Highlands, with a Sacramento address. Previously, KIFM was known as KCTC, which has had a history in the Sacramento market as both an FM and AM station. They broadcast with 5,000 watts night and day.
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Notes: KIFM did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KLAA in Orange, California
- Station: KLAA in Orange, California
Band: 830 KhZ AM
Date: February 25, 2021
About: KLAA (830 kHz "Angels Radio") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to the city of Orange, California, and broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles Area. It is owned by LAA 1, LLC, composed of the owners of the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, held separately from the baseball club. Studios and offices are located on the grounds of Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The transmitter is in Chino, California, off McCarty Road. KLAA broadcasts by day at the maximum power permitted for commercial AM stations, 50,000 watts. But because 830 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WCCO in Minneapolis is the dominant Class A station, KLAA must reduce power to 20,000 watts from sunset to sunrise.
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Notes: KLAA did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail.
KHTK in Sacramento, California
- Station: KHTK in Sacramento, California
Band: 1140 KhZ AM
Date: March 7, 2021
About: KHTK (1140 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California. KHTK broadcasts a sports radio format as "KHTK Sports 1140" and is an affiliate of the CBS Sports Radio network. It is owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International, a profit-making subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The studios and offices are on Commerce Circle in North Sacramento, just north of the American River. KHTK is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM radio stations. Because AM 1140 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A XEMR in Monterrey, Mexico, and WRVA in Richmond, Virginia, KHTK must broadcast with a directional antenna at all times to avoid interference, using a five-tower array. The transmitter is on Rising Road in Wilton, California.
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Notes: KHTK did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KFBK in Sacramento, California
- Station: KFBK in Sacramento, California
Band: 1530 KhZ AM
Date: February 3, 2021
About: KFBK (1530 AM) is a commercial radio station in Sacramento, California. It is simulcast on KFBK-FM 93.1 MHz. KFBK-AM-FM air a news-talk radio format and are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on River Park Drive in North Sacramento, near the Arden Fair Mall. KFBK 1530 is a Class A radio station. Its 50,000-watt transmitter is on Pleasant Grove Road at Catlett Road in Pleasant Grove. Because KFBK shares AM 1530 with another Class A station, WCKY Cincinnati, KFBK uses a directional antenna, which operates with separate day and night parameters and has the highest field strength of any AM station in the United States. The daytime signal covers much of the Northern California, from the northern Sacramento Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Valley. At night, it reaches much of the Western United States and Western Canada.
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Notes: KFBK did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KHTK in Sacramento, California
- Station: KHTK in Sacramento, California
Band: 1140 KhZ AM
Date: March 7, 2021
About: KHTK (1140 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California. KHTK broadcasts a sports radio format as "KHTK Sports 1140" and is an affiliate of the CBS Sports Radio network. It is owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International, a profit-making subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The studios and offices are on Commerce Circle in North Sacramento, just north of the American River. KHTK is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM radio stations. Because AM 1140 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A XEMR in Monterrey, Mexico, and WRVA in Richmond, Virginia, KHTK must broadcast with a directional antenna at all times to avoid interference, using a five-tower array. The transmitter is on Rising Road in Wilton, California.
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Notes: KHTK did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KPWK in San Bernadino, California
- Station: KPWK in San Bernadino, California
Band: 1350 KhZ AM
Date: February 24, 2021
About: KPWK (1350 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Bernardino, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California, area on 1350 AM. Its studios are in Riverside and the transmitter tower is in San Bernardino. It broadcasts with 5,000 watts during the day and drops to 600 at night.
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Notes: KHTK did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail.
KGB in San Diego, California
- Station: KGB in San Diego, California
Band: 760 KhZ AM
Date: April 5, 2021
About: KGB (760 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Diego, California, United States and serves San Diego County. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a talk radio format. KGB is one of a few radio stations in the United States that significantly increases power at night. It has a daytime power of 5,000 watts and a nighttime power of 50,000 watts. This is because of the close proximity of KBRT (740 AM) in Costa Mesa, California. KBRT, which once had been a daytimer station, currently goes from 50,000 watts by day to only 190 watts at night. That allows KGB to increase its nighttime power. KGB's signal is non-directional during the day, but at night, it operates on a three[90]-tower array directional antenna system, pointing away from the east. That allows KGB to protect WJR in Detroit, the dominant Class A station on 760 AM. KGB is a Class B station.
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Notes: KGB did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KPRZ in San Diego, California
- Station: KPRZ in San Diego, California
Band: 1210 KhZ AM
Date: February 23, 2021
About: KPRZ (1210 kHz "K-Praise 106.1 and 1210") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Marcos-Poway, California and serving the San Diego metropolitan area. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. By day, KPRZ is powered at 20,000 watts. But 1210 AM is a clear channel frequency, so to reduce interference at night to other stations, KPRZ cuts its power to 10,000 watts. KPRZ has a directional signal using a three-tower array. The transmitter site is on Canyon de Oro Drive near the San Elijo Hills.
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Notes: KPRZ did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KOGO in San Diego, California
- Station: KOGO in San Diego, California
Band: 600 KhZ AM
Date: March 27, 2021
About: KOGO (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in San Diego, California. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side.Powered at 5,000 watts day and night, the AM signal is one of the strongest in Southern California. KOGO uses a directional antenna with its two-tower array transmitter located off 60th Street at Old Memory Lane in the Emerald Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The signal pattern generally follows the Pacific Coast from Baja California, Mexico, to Santa Barbara. Because of its reach, KOGO is one of the primary Emergency Alert System stations for the San Diego radio market. The KWFN antenna is at the top of one tower and the KLNV antenna is at the top of the other.
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Notes: KOGO did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their logo from online.
KHTS in Santa Clarita, California
- Station: KHTS in Santa Clarita, California
Band: 1220 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: KHTS (1220 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to the Canyon Country neighborhood of Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Los Angeles. The station is owned by Jeri Lyn Broadcasting (formerly Saddleback Broadcasting). KHTS broadcasts with 1,000 watts during the daytime and 500 watts at night. The station is nicknamed "Your Hometown Station". KHTS is rebroadcast on FM translator K251CF (98.1 FM) in Santa Clarita.
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Notes: KHTS did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KGO in San Francisco, California
- Station: KGO in San Francisco, California
Band: 810 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: KGO (810 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Francisco, California. It is one of two talk radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area owned by Cumulus Media. The other is 560 KSFO. While KSFO airs mostly nationally syndicated talk hosts, KGO runs mostly local hosts on weekdays. KGO operates with 50,000 watts, the highest power permitted AM radio stations by the Federal Communications Commission. But it uses a directional antenna to protect the other Class A station on 810 kHz, WGY in Schenectady, New York. Most nights, using a good radio, KGO can be heard throughout the Western United States east to the Rocky Mountains, and in Northern Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska.
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Notes: KGO did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied their antenna image from online.
KCBS in San Francisco, California
- Station: KCBS in San Francisco, California
Band: 740 KhZ AM
Date: April 3, 2021
About: KCBS (740 AM) is an all-news radio station located in San Francisco, California. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. (formerly Entercom), which took over after its merger with CBS Radio. KCBS is the Bay Area's only 24/7, live and local radio station.
KCBS operates with a transmitter output of 50,000 watts, and during the daytime can be regularly received as far north as Sacramento and Hopland and south as far as San Luis Obispo. In good conditions it is also heard as far north as Redding and south to Santa Maria. At night, the station employs a directional antenna, primarily sending its signal to the southeast, in order to protect CFZM in Toronto, the dominant Class A station on the 740 kHz clear-channel frequency. KCBS's nighttime signal is heard throughout California, including Los Angeles and San Diego, in addition to several western states, including Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah. On rare occasions "DXers" (hobbyists who listen for distant stations) have reported receiving KCBS across the Pacific Ocean, and in Hawaii and Alaska.
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Notes: KCBS did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
QSL From KNBR in San Francisco, California
- Station: KNBR in San Francisco, California
Band: 680 KhZ AM
Date: April 18, 2013
About: KNBR (680 AM) is a San Francisco, California radio station, broadcasting on a clear channel from transmitting facilities in Redwood City, California. KNBR's non-directional 50,000-watt class-A signal can be heard throughout much of the western United States and as far west as the Hawaiian Islands at night. For several decades, KNBR enjoyed a long history as the flagship station of NBC's West Coast radio operations.
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Notes: KNBR replied to my US Postal Reception Report via a post card.
QSL (back) from KNBR in San Francisco, California
KFAX in San Francisco, California
- Station: KFAX in San Francisco, California
Band: 1100 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KFAX (1100 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, and heard around the Bay Area. As of 2014, the station is owned by Salem Media Group and programs a Christian radio teaching and talk format. The studios and offices are in suburban Fremont and the 50,000 watt, day and night, transmitter is in nearby Hayward near the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. KFAX broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the highest power permitted for AM stations. But because 1100 AM is a clear-channel frequency reserved for Class A WTAM in Cleveland, KFAX must use a directional antenna to avoid interference, aiming most of its signal away from the east. The station is the most powerful Christian-formatted AM station west of the Mississippi.
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Notes: KFAX did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KEAR in San Francisco, California
- Station: KEAR in San Francisco, California
Band: 610 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KEAR (610 kHz), is a non-commercial Christian radio station in San Francisco, California and is the flagship station of the reorganized Family Radio network and airs several Christian ministry broadcasts from noted teachers such as RC Sproul, Alistair Begg, Ken Ham, John F. MacArthur, Adriel Sanchez, Dennis Rainey, John Piper, and others as well as traditional and modern hymns and songs by Keith and Kristyn Getty, The Master's Chorale, Fernando Ortega, Chris Rice, Shane and Shane, Sovereign Grace Music, Sara Groves, and multiple other Christian and Gospel music artists. They transmit night and day with 5,000 watts.
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Notes: KEAR did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KTRB in San Francisco, California
- Station: KTRB in San Francisco, California
Band: 860 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KTRB (860 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. The station has a talk radio format, airing programming from the Salem Radio Network, using the slogan "860 AM The Answer." KTRB is owned by Salem Media Group, through licensee New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Salem uses "The Answer" as a brand for most of its talk stations. They broadcast with 50,000 watts during the day and drop to 5,000 watts at night.
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Notes: KTRB did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KDIA in San Francisco, California
- Station: KDIA in San Francisco, California
Band: 1640 KhZ AM
Date: February 25, 2021
About: KDIA (1640 AM), "The Light for San Francisco", is a radio station of Salem Media Group in Vallejo, California. It is a separate entity from the station at 1310 AM that held the KDIA call letters for many years. The 1640 AM frequency was licensed as part of an extension of the AM band in 1998, and adopted the abandoned KDIA call letters then. KDIA transmits with 10,000 watts day and night.
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Notes: KDIA did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KAVL in Lancaster, California
- Station: KAVL in Lancaster, California
Band: 610 KhZ AM
Date: March 27, 2021
About: KAVL (610 AM, "Fox Sports 610") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Lancaster, California and serves the Antelope Valley area. The station is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a sports radio format as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. KAVL has a directional-east 4900-watt signal during the day and a directional-south 4000-watt signal at night. It is the Los Angeles home of the Rich Eisen Show.
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Notes: KAVL did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KBLA in Santa Monica, California
- Station: KBLA in Santa Monica, California
Band: 1580 KhZ AM
Date: February 25, 2021
About: KBLA (1580 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Santa Monica, California, KBLA serves the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting, through licensee Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC, and operated by pending owner Tavis Smiley with a progressive talk format. KBLA broadcasts with a power of 50,000 watts day and night, using a complex directional antenna utilizing 6 towers. The transmitter is off North Alvarado Street, near Glendale Boulevard, in Los Angeles. Because 1580 AM is a Canadian clear channel frequency, KBLA's signal is directional at night.
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Notes: KBLA did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KHJ in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KHJ in Los Angeles, California
Band: 930 KhZ AM
Date: April 6, 2021
About: KHJ (930 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California. Owned and operated by Relevant Radio, Inc., the station broadcasts Roman Catholic religious programming as an affiliate of the Relevant Radio network. KHJ broadcasts at 5,000 watts, with a non-directional signal by day but using a directional antenna at night to protect other stations on 930 AM. KHJ's transmitter is triplexed to three of the six towers of KBLA (1580 AM), near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Radio station KYPA (1230 AM) also uses two of KBLA's towers for its signal. KHJ's former towers at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Mid-City were removed in February 2013.
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Notes: KHJ did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KLAC in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KLAC in Los Angeles, California
Band: 570 KhZ AM
Date: March 27, 2021
About: KLAC (570 AM) is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, serving Greater Los Angeles and much of surrounding Southern California. Owned by a joint venture between iHeartMedia, Inc. and the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club, KLAC serves as the Los Angeles affiliate for Fox Sports Radio; the flagship station for the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network, the Los Angeles Clippers, UCLA Bruins football and basketball; and the home of radio personalities Fred Roggin, Rodney Peete, Petros Papadakis and Matt "Money" Smith. The KLAC studios are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, while the 5,000 watt 24 hour station transmitter resides in Los Angeles' Lincoln Heights neighborhood. Besides its main analog transmission, KLAC simulcasts over a HD digital subchannel of KYSR, and streams online via iHeartRadio.
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Notes: KLAC did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KABC in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KABC in Los Angeles, California
Band: 790 KhZ AM
Date: February 28, 2021
About: KABC (790 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a talk radio format. The studios are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City. The transmitter is off West Martin Luther King Boulevard in the Crenshaw District, shared with KWKW (1330 AM) and KFOX (1650 AM). KABC is powered at 6,600 watts by day and 7,900 watts at night, using a directional antenna.
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Notes: KABC did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KNX in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KNX in Los Angeles, California
Band: 1070 KhZ AM
Date: April 3, 2021
About: KNX (1070 AM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It airs an all-news radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. KNX is one of the oldest stations in the United States, having received its first broadcasting license, as KGC, in December 1921, in addition to tracing its history to the September 1920 operations of an earlier amateur station. The studios and offices—shared with KNX-FM, KCBS-FM, KROQ-FM, KRTH and KTWV—are located on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile.
KNX holds a Class A license as one of the original clear-channel stations allocated under the 1928 General Order 40 band plan. Its full-time 50,000-watt non-directional signal is heard around Southern California. With a good radio, it can be picked up at night throughout much of the Western United States and parts of Mexico and Canada. The station is even received by DXers in Hawaii and across the Pacific Ocean. The transmitter is in Columbia Park in Torrance, near Hawthorne Boulevard (California State Route 107) and 190th Street.
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Notes: KNX did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KMPC in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KMPC in Los Angeles, California
Band: 1540 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KMPC (1540 kHz, "Radio Korea") is a commercial AM radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Corporation. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean–language programming, a blend of talk, news, information, and music for the largest Korean–American community in the United States, and the largest Korean community outside Korea. KMPC is one of four radio stations in the greater Los Angeles area that broadcast entirely in Korean. The others are 1190 KGBN Anaheim, 1230 KYPA Los Angeles and 1650 KFOX Torrance. KMPC broadcasts at 50,000 watts by day, the highest power permitted for commercial AM stations. At night, to reduce interference to other stations on AM 1540, KMPC drops its power to 37,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Carter Drive in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles.
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Notes: KMPC did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KSPN in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KSPN in Los Angeles, California
Band: 710 KhZ AM
Date: March 27, 2021
About: KSPN (710 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. The station airs an all-sports radio format. KSPN is owned by Good Karma Brands and operated through ESPN Radio. The studios are located at the ESPN Los Angeles Studios at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. The KSPN broadcast license is held by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC. KSPN is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format. The transmitter is on Burbank Boulevard at Bellaire Avenue. They broadcast with 50,000 watts during the day and 10,000 at night.
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Notes: KSPN did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KTNQ in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KTNQ in Los Angeles, California
Band: 1020 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KTNQ ("1020 KTNQ AM") is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with a Spanish News/Talk format. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision. From its original licensing on March 13, 1925 until 1955 it was called KFVD. The station has studios on the Univision Broadcast Center building located on 5999 Center Drive (near I-405) in West Los Angeles, and the transmitter is located in the City of Industry. The station was originally restricted in its broadcast hours, signing off at local sunset to protect 1020 KDKA Pittsburgh from nighttime sky wave interference. Later, the FCC allowed geographically spread daytime stations to operate at night with a directional pattern away from the previously protected station. 1020 kHz in Los Angeles was then allowed to operate as a 24 hour station broadcasting with 50,000 watts day and night.
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Notes: KTNQ did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KRDC in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KRDC in Los Angeles, California
Band: 1110 KhZ AM
Date: February 28, 2021
About: KRDC (1110 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. The station is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. The KRDC broadcast license is held by ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets, LLC. KRDC was broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format until late 2014 when all Radio Disney affiliates were sold except for the Los Angeles station which returned to analog transmissions. KRDC is still licensed for digital (HD) operation. For 18 years, AM 1110 was the flagship station for Radio Disney, carrying the main service from 2003 to 2017 as KDIS, then Radio Disney Country from 2017 to its late 2020 shutdown as KRDC. Until the station is sold, KRDC will simulcast KSPN, the ESPN Radio affiliate for Los Angeles. 1110 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency; to protect KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska, KRDC reduces power to 20,000 watts and switches to a directional signal at night.
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Notes: KRDC sent a QSL which is posted below.
KRDC in Los Angeles, California
KEIB in Los Angeles, California
- Station: KEIB in Los Angeles, California
Band: 1150 KhZ AM
Date: February 28, 2021
About: KEIB (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving Greater Los Angeles. Owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to its iHM Licenses, LLC, the station brands itself as The Patriot, and currently broadcasts a conservative talk format. The station's studios are located in Burbank and its transmitter is located in the City of Industry. They broadcast with 50,000 watts during the day and drop to 44,000 at night.
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Notes: KEIB did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KVMI in Tulare, California
- Station: KVMI in Tulare, California
Band: 1270 KhZ AM
Date: March 19, 2021
About: KVMI (1270 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Tulare, California, and serving the Tulare-Visalia area of Central California. The station is currently owned by Momentum Broadcasting, LP, and it broadcasts a soft adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. By day, KVMI transmits with 5,000 watts non-directional, but to avoid interference with other stations on 1270 AM, at night KVMI reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 97.5 K248BX in Visalia and 98.5 K253CI in Exeter.
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Notes: KVMI did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KUHL in Santa Maria, California
- Station: KUHL in Santa Maria, California
Band: 1440 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KUHL (1440 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Santa Maria, California and serves the Santa Maria—Lompoc, California area. The station is owned by Knight Broadcasting Inc. and broadcasts a news/talk format. They broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and drop to 1,000 at night.
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Notes: KUHL did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KXEX in Fresno, California
- Station: KXEX in Fresno, California
Band: 1550 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KXEX (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format branded as "TalkRadio 1550". Licensed to Fresno, California, United States, the station serves the Fresno area. The station is currently owned by Bendita Eucaristia Radio, Inc. They broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and drop to 2,500 at night.
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Notes: KXEX did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KMJ in Fresno, California
- Station: KMJ in Fresno, California
Band: 580 KhZ AM
Date: February 28, 2021
About: KMJ (580 AM) is a commercial radio station in Fresno, California. It airs a news/talk radio format, simulcast with sister station 105.9 KMJ-FM. Owned by Cumulus Media, the studios and offices are located at the Radio City building on Shaw Avenue in North Fresno. The transmitter site is in Orange Cove, California, on East American Avenue at Cove Road. While AM 580 is a Regional broadcast frequency, the station is powered at 50,000 watts, the highest power for an AM station permitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To protect other stations on AM 580, KMJ uses a four-tower array directional antenna. The signal covers most of Central California and reaches into the Bay Area, Sacramento and Bakersfield.
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Notes: KMJ did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KFIG in Fresno, California
- Station: KFIG in Fresno, California
Band: 940 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KFIG is a sports station in Fresno, California, United States. The station broadcasts night and day with 5,000 watts at 940 kHz on AM.
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Notes: KFIG did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KBIF in Fresno, California
- Station: KBIF in Fresno, California
Band: 900 KhZ AM
Date: February 22, 2021
About: KBIF (900 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a World Ethnic format to the Fresno, California, United States, area. The station is currently owned by Cordell Overgaard, through licensee Overgaard Broadcasting LLC. KBIF broadcasts in the Hmong language from Monday to Friday and in Punjabi on Saturday and Sunday. They broadcast with 1,000 watts during the day and drop to 500 at night.
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Notes: KBIF did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KSTE in Cordova, California
- Station: KSTE in Cordova, California
Band: 650 KhZ AM
Date: February 22, 2021
About: KSTE (650 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Talk radio format. Licensed to Rancho Cordova, California, the station serves the Sacramento metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and features shows from Westwood One and Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. The studios and offices are in North Sacramento near the Arden Fair Mall. KSTE is powered at 21,400 watts by day. But because 650 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WSM Nashville, KSTE must reduce power at night to 920 watts to avoid interfering with WSM and other stations on its frequency. It uses a directional antenna at all times with a two-tower array in the daytime and a three-tower array at night. The transmitter is southeast of the city in Vineyard, California.
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Notes: KSTE did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KTMS in Santa Barbara, California
- Station: KTMS in Santa Barbara, California
Band: 990 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KTMS (990 AM, "News Talk AM 990") is a commercial radio station in Santa Barbara, California. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format. KTMS is simulcast on FM translator station K250BS at 97.9 MHz, licensed to Solimar Beach and broadcasting from KTMS' AM transmitter site, overlooking Santa Barbara from near Rattlesnake Canyon Park, along Gibraltar Road, and above Gibraltar Peak, home of most Santa Barbara FM stations. The site is unusual, since AM stations are usually sited in low-lying areas, ideally with the highest possible high ground conductivity. This site is sufficiently close to the population center for even the low night power to serve the whole city. They broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and drop to 500 watts at night.
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Notes: KTMS did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online. I pulled them in around 4 AM when they were broadcasting with just 500 watts.
KSCO in Santa Cruz, California
- Station: KSCO in Santa Cruz, California
Band: 1080 KhZ AM
Date: March 5, 2021
About: KSCO (1080 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. The station is owned by Zwerling Broadcasting and is licensed to Santa Cruz, California. The radio studios and offices are on Portola Drive in Santa Cruz. The station can be heard over much of Central California during the day. By day, KSCO broadcasts at 10,000 watts non-directional. Because 1080 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for KRLD Dallas and WTIC Hartford, at sunset, to avoid interference, KSCO reduces power to 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna. KSCO also has three translator stations to broadcast its programming on the FM dial.
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Notes: KSCO did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KLTX in Long Beach, California
- Station: KLTX in Long Beach, California
Band: 1390 KhZ AM
Date: March 9, 2021
About: KLTX is a radio station licensed to Long Beach, California, serving the greater Los Angeles area, broadcasting at a frequency of 1390 kHz AM. The station airs a Spanish Christian format, and is branded "Radio Inspiración". They broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and drop to 3,600 watts at night.
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Notes: KLTX did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KFRN in Long Beach, California
- Station: KFRN in Long Beach, California
Band: 1280 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KFRN (1280 AM, "Family Radio") is a non-commercial traditional Christian radio station licensed to Long Beach, California and serving the Los Angeles market, which runs programming from Family Radio. Its transmitter is located in Wilmington, California. The station airs several Christian ministry broadcasts from noted teachers such as RC Sproul, Alistair Begg, Ken Ham, John F. MacArthur, Adriel Sanchez, Dennis Rainey, John Piper, and others as well as traditional and modern hymns and songs by Keith & Kristyn Getty, The Master's Chorale, Fernando Ortega, Chris Rice, Shane and Shane, Sovereign Grace Music, Sara Groves, and multiple other Christian and Gospel music artists. It broadcasts with 1,000 watts day and night.
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Notes: KFRN did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KVEC in San Luis Obispo, California
- Station: KVEC in San Luis Obispo, California
Band: 920 KhZ AM
Date: March 8, 2021
About: KVEC (920 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States and serves the Central Coast of California. The station is owned by American General Media and broadcasts a news/talk radio format featuring a variety of nationally syndicated talk shows as well as a program hosted by Dave Congalton. They broadcast with 1,000 watts during the day and drop to 500 watts at night.
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Notes: KVEC did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KECR in El Cajon, California
- Station: KECR in El Cajon, California
Band: 910 KhZ AM
Date: March 7, 2021
About: KECR (910 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to El Cajon, California and serving the San Diego radio market. It is owned by Family Radio and carries a Christian talk and teaching radio format, along with traditional hymns and worship music. Programming comes from the Family Radio Network, based in Nashville. They broadcast with 5,000 watts day and night.
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Notes: KECR did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KFIV in Modesto, California
- Station: KFIV in Modesto, California
Band: 1360 KhZ AM
Date: March 4, 2021
About: KFIV (1360 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Modesto, California, it has a talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Founded in 1950 as KMOD, the station became KFIV in 1957 and had a hit music format branded "K-5" for much of its first four decades. From 1989 to 1991, the station had call sign KASH and a business news format. KFIV returned to its present call sign in 1991 and began broadcasting a news/talk format around 1994. Clear Channel Communications, predecessor to iHeartMedia, bought KFIV in 2000. They broadcast with 4,000 watts during the day and 950 at night.
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Notes: KFIV did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KWSX in Stockton, California
- Station: KWSX in Stockton, California
Band: 1280 KhZ AM
Date: February 25, 2021
About: KWSX (1280 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Stockton, California, the station has a sports format and has been owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and its predecessors since 1997. KWSX broadcasts the national Fox Sports Radio network for most of the week in addition to play-by-play coverage of local college and professional sports teams, including University of the Pacific men's basketball and Stockton Ports. KWSX broadcasts at 1,000 watts day and night from a transmitter located in northeast Stockton.
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Notes: KWSX did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KIGS in Hanford, California
- Station: KIGS in Hanford, California
Band: 620 KhZ AM
Date: February 24, 2021
About: KIGS (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hanford, California, United States. It serves the Visalia-Tulare and Fresno radio markets. The station is owned by Charanjit Singh Batth, and it carries programming from "Radio Punjab." Radio Punjab is also heard in San Francisco, Seattle and other West Coast cities, airing Punjabi language music, talk and news for South Asian listeners. KIGS operates at 1000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna at night to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 620. The studios and transmitter are located on Hanford Expressway (California State Route 198) near 6th Avenue in Hanford. The station building was the basis for the cover of Journey's 1986 album, Raised on Radio.
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Notes: KIGS did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.
KBRE in Merced, California
- Station: KBRE in Merced, California
Band: 1660 KhZ AM
Date: February 19, 2021
About: KBRE (1660 AM) is a commercial radio station in Merced, California. It is owned by the Stephens Media Group, through licensee SMG-Merced, LLC. It plays a mix of active rock and alternative rock, calling itself "105.7 The Bear." Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator 105.7 K289CB in nearby Los Banos. The AM station is powered at 10,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The AM transmitter is off South Bert Crane Road in Atwater.
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Notes: KBRE did not respond to my reception report sent by US Mail. I copied an image from online.