KMPH (AM)
| City | Modesto, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Modesto, California |
| Branding | Immaculate Heart Radio |
| Frequency | 840 kHz |
| First air date | July 10, 2006 |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 137401 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°42′34″N 120°43′34″W / 37.70944°N 120.72611°W |
| Callsign meaning | From station owners Mike, Pete and Harry Pappas; also used on Fresno sister television station KMPH-TV |
| Owner |
Immaculate Heart Radio (IHR Educational Broadcasting) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ihradio.com |
KMPH (840 AM) is a radio station licensed to and serving the Modesto, California area. The station is owned by Immaculate Heart Radio, through licensee IHR Educational Broadcasting.[1]
History
KMPH signed on in July 2006 with an Adult Standards/MOR format, with some talk programming.[2][3] It effectively replaced sister station KTRB, which had operated from Modesto since 1933, but had just signed off the previous month in preparation of a move to the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] The station switched to an all-talk format on March 10, 2008.[2][3]
Pappas Telecasting shut KMPH down on August 31, 2010 due to lack of revenue.[2][3]
KMPH later returned to air with brokered programming provided by Paulino Bernal Evangelism of Texas, then temporarily switched to a Talk format in May 2013 fed via KOMY (1340 AM) in La Selva Beach, California. On July 1, 2013, KMPH switched to a 1950s/1960s "Graffiti Gold" Oldies format, re-launching as "Modesto's Power House" and drawing on Modesto's connection to hometown hero George Lucas's classic 1973 motion picture, American Graffiti.[4]
On July 30, 2014, Immaculate Heart Radio Catholic programming began airing on KMPH.[5] IHR's purchase of the station was consummated on October 30, 2014 at a price of $50,000.
References
- ↑ "KMPH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- 1 2 3 Pappas, Jim P. (August 19, 2010). "An Open Letter to Our Employees, Listeners, Advertisers and Vendors" (PDF). AM 840 KMPH The Patriot. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Modesto AM KMPH (840) will turn off the transmitter August 31". Radio-Info.com. August 20, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ↑ Per David Jackson, program director of KMPH Radio (July 2013).
- ↑ http://ihradio.com/2014/08/immaculate-heart-radio-broadens-scope-central-california/
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KMPH
- Radio-Locator Information on KMPH
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KMPH