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