KAHM
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| Broadcast area | Prescott–Flagstaff–Phoenix |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 102.1MHz |
| Branding | FM 102.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Beautiful Music-Easy Listening |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KYCA | |
| History | |
First air date | September 9, 1981 |
Former frequencies | 103.9 MHz (1980s) |
Call signmeaning | Thecall lettersKAHM, when spoken as a word, sounds likecalm,a word that describes KAHM'sformatand music. |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61510 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 26,000watts |
| HAAT | 829 meters (2,720 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°41′14″N112°07′1″W/ 34.68722°N 112.11694°W |
| Translator(s) | 93.5 K228DF (Prescott) 101.7 K269EE (Prescott) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | kahm.info |
KAHM(102.1MHz) is acommercialFMradio stationbroadcasting abeautiful musicandeasy listeningradio format.It islicensedtoSpring Valley, Arizona,and it serves thePrescott/Flagstaff/Phoenixarea. The station airs quarter hour sweeps of soft music, half instrumental and half vocal. Announcers give brief weather and news updates but never talk over the music. The studios are on Henry Street in Prescott.
KAHM has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 26,000watts,broadcasting from atowerat 829 meters (2,720 ft) inheight above average terrain(HAAT). Thetransmitteris on Tower Mountain Road inCrown King.[2]
History
[edit]KAHMsigned onthe air on September 9, 1981.It provides the Prescott, Flagstaff and Phoenix areas with a format of Beautiful Music, which remains virtually unchanged. The station originally aired quarter hour sweeps of easy listening music, mostly instrumentalcover versionsof popular adult songs, with someBroadwayandHollywoodshow tunes.In the 2000s, it moved to a 50% vocalplaylist.
First broadcasting under 1,000 watts, KAHM's signal expanded in the early 1990s to 58,000 watts, serving the people of northern and central Arizona, along with the metropolitan Phoenix market. With the improved signal, KAHM could be heard in southern Arizona as far south asPeoria,ScottsdaleandAnthem.In 2005, the station began broadcasting 24 hours a day, usingbroadcast automationovernight.
From the early 2000s until September 14, 2015, KAHM also had anInternetstream on its website.[3]The stream was ended due to high demand on the server and due to licensing fees.[4][5]As of 2023, the internet stream has returned.
Effective January 12, 2018, Southwest Broadcasting sold KAHM (as well as translator K269EE and sister talkKYCAand its translator K278CN) to Phoenix Radio Broadcasting, a holding company for theCesar ChavezFoundation's Farmworker Educational Radio Network.[6]Under the new ownership, the station has continued its easy listening format.
In 2023, KAHM moved to a new tower location inCrown King.It also changed itscity of licensetoSpring Valley.It previously broadcast fromCottonwood,and was licensed to Prescott. With the taller tower, the power was dropped from 54,000 watts to 26,000 watts. But it still has a similar coverage pattern over much of Arizona due to itsheight above average terrain.[7]
Translators
[edit]| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K228DF | 93.5 FM | Prescott, Arizona | 20633 | 250 | D | LMS |
| K269EE | 101.7 FM | Prescott, Arizona | 61511 | 84 | D | LMS |
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2007 Photo of translator K269EE 101.7FM -
2008 Photo of Transmitter site 102.1FM
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KAHM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Radio-Locator.com/KAHM
- ^"An Important Message to our streaming listeners".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-11.
- ^"KAHM 102.1 FM".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-12.
- ^"Channel Update FAQs".Sirius XM.Retrieved2015-09-11.
- ^"Station Sales Week Of 9/30: KAHM Goes To La Campesina - RadioInsight".RadioInsight.2017-09-29.Retrieved2017-09-30.
- ^Radio-Locator.com/KAHM
External links
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- Facility details for Facility ID 61510 (KAHM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KAHMinNielsen Audio's FM station database