KSAM (AM)

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]

This article is about the AM radio station in Whitefish, Montana. For the FM station in Huntsville, Texas known as KSAM-FM, see KSAM-FM.
KSAM
CityWhitefish, Montana
Broadcast areaFlathead County, Montana
BrandingSports Talk 1240 - 102.7
SloganThe Flathead's Sports Station
Frequency1240 kHz
Translator(s)102.7 MHz K274CY (Whitefish)
First air date2005
FormatSports
Power400 watts (unlimited)
ClassC
Facility ID160441
Transmitter coordinates48°23′44″N 114°19′11″W
Call sign meaningSAM 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.)
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
OwnerBee Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stationsKBBZ, KDBR, KHNK, KJJR, KWOL, KRVO
Websitesam1240.com

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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