KIFM
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1320 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN 1320 |
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| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| Format | Sports |
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Former frequencies | 1340 kHz (1945–1948) |
Call sign meaning | Previously used on KXSN in San Diego |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 67848 | |
| Class | B |
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| [[Repeater|RepeaterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 98.5 KRXQ-HD2 (Sacramento) |
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| Webcast | Template:Audacy.com |
| Website | www |
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KIFM (1320 AM) is a radio station in West Sacramento, California, that has been affiliated with ESPN Radio since February 2007. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc..[3] Its studios are located in North Highlands, with a Sacramento address. Previously, KIFM was known as KCTC, which has had a history in the Sacramento market as both an FM and AM station.
KCTC as an FM station
KCTC's most successful years were in the 70s,[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">according to whom?] broadcasting a variant of the "Beautiful Music"[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">according to whom?] format which they called "the California Sound" with its occasional vocals in each 15-minute set.[citation needed] The format continued until 1989, when KCTC became KYMX, a soft rock/adult contemporary station. In turn, the KCTC call letters moved to AM 1320, where for years[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">vague] it was an adult standards station as part of the Music Of Your Life network.[citation needed]
KCTC as an AM station
Competition for KCRA on the Sacramento AM dial in the mid-1950s included KROY 1240 (CBS), KGMS 1380 (MBS), KXOA 1470 (MBS), and KFBK 1530 (ABC), which was owned by McClatchy Enterprises, also owner of the Sacramento Bee.[citation needed].
From 1955 to 1978, KCRA was co-owned with TV Channel 3 KCRA-TV and in the '70s was known as KCRA Newsradio 132 while still under ownership of Kelly Broadcasting.[citation needed] Before its sale to Entercom, KCTC was owned by Tribune Broadcasting of Chicago, owners of WGN and the Chicago Tribune, from 1978 to 1996.[citation needed] For a time under the Tribune ownership (1978–1989), 1320 AM was known as KGNR Newsradio 132.[citation needed] In the early 1970s, prior to Tribune, 1320 KCRA was Sacramento's home for the syndicated American Top 40 program with Casey Kasem; a September 1971 broadcast of the show mentions KCRA as an affiliate, as does a broadcast of the syndicated program from December 1974.[citation needed] In 1989, KCTC moved from its former FM position to its current home at 1320 AM.[citation needed]
On November 1, 2005, KCTC changed formats, dropping the Music Of Your Life format to become an Air America affiliate after crosstown rival KSAC-1240 AM dropped its Air America affiliation.[citation needed] However, KCTC's website announced on February 15, 2007, that AM 1320 would no longer carry Air America programs, and also would not retain Enid Goldstein or The Morning Retort with Scott and Sims.[citation needed] The site announced that as of Monday, February 26, 2007, KCTC would become ESPN 1320, carrying the complete sports programming of the ESPN radio network. This move would make KCTC Sacramento's first full-time sports radio station.
KIFM
On April 28, 2016, KCTC changed its call sign to KIFM, which was formerly used on 98.1 FM in San Diego, as part of a warehousing move by owner Entercom (that station concurrently changed its call sign to KXSN as part of a format change). That station uses "KIFM" as a non-call branding for its second HD Radio subchannel, using it to play an automated form of its former smooth jazz format.
The station carried San Francisco 49ers games in the Sacramento area until 2023, when the rights moved to KHTK.[4]
The station moved its community of license from Sacramento to West Sacramento effective January 23, 2024.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KCRA, New Radio Station, Opens Here". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. April 23, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved June 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KIFM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ESPN 1320". radiostationusa.fm. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."49ers Announce Multi-Year Broadcast Partnership with Sactown Sports 1140AM". www.49ers.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KIFM
- KIFM transmitter sites
- Official website
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- KIFM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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