KSAM (AM)

KSAM
City Whitefish, Montana
Broadcast area Flathead County, Montana
Branding SAM 1240
Slogan Fox Sports Radio For The Flathead Valley
Frequency 1240 kHz
Translator(s) 102.7 MHz K274CY (Whitefish)
First air date 2005
Format Sports
Power 400 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 160441
Transmitter coordinates 48°23′44″N 114°19′11″W / 48.39556°N 114.31972°W / 48.39556; -114.31972
Callsign meaning SAM Houston (1st & 3rd President; 7th Governor of Texas.) Originally utilized by KHVL Huntsville, Texas in 1938; calls continue to reside on the 1965 licensed FM facility.)
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Owner Bee Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations KBBZ, KDBR, KHNK, KJJR, KWOL, KRVO
Website sam1240.com

KSAM (1240 AM, "SAM 1240") is a radio station licensed to serve Whitefish, Montana. The station is owned by Bee Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a sports format.[1]

All Bee Broadcasting stations are based at 2431 Highway 2 East, Kalispell.

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 16, 2005.[2] This callsign had been assigned to an AM radio station in Huntsville, Texas for nearly 80 years, now known as KHVL. The FM counterpart continues to reside in Huntsville since 1965, as KSAM-FM.[3]

Since 2017, KSAM's AM broadcasts are simulcast on 102.7 FM over translator K274CY.

(KSAM's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

References

  1. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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