KMAX (AM)
City | Colfax, Washington |
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Broadcast area | Pullman - Moscow - South Eastern Washington |
Frequency | 840 kHz |
Branding | The Max 840 AM |
Slogan | News & Talk |
Programming | |
Format | Talk Radio |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One Salem Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Inland Northwest Broadcasting, LLC |
KCLX, KRAO-FM | |
History | |
First air date | 1998 | (as KRAO)
Former call signs | KRAO |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 13569 |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts (days) 280 watts (nights) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°54′50.00″N 117°19′28.00″W / 46.9138889°N 117.3244444°W |
Links | |
Website | KMAX website |
KMAX (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Talk Radio format. Licensed to Colfax, Washington, the station serves the Pullman - Moscow - South Eastern Washington region and is owned by Inland Northwest Broadcasting, LLC.
By day, KMAX is powered at 10,000 watts and broadcasts a non-directional signal. But 840 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency reserved for Class A WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. So KMAX must reduce nighttime power to only 280 watts to protect the skywave signal of WHAS. The transmitter is off Hilty Road in Colfax.[1]
Programming
On late weekday mornings, KMAX has an hour of local news and talk. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts: Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Dave Ramsey, Lars Larson, Mike Gallagher and Michael Medved.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, gardening, home repair and pets. Syndicated weekend hosts include Dennis Prager and repeats of weekday shows. KMAX also serves as the Moscow/Pullman network affiliate station of Seattle Seahawks football broadcasts.[2]
History
The station signed on the air as KRAO in 1998 .[3] Four years earlier, co-owned KRAO-FM came on the air. In June 2005, both stations were acquired by Inland Northwest Broadcasting. The AM station became KMAX, airing a talk radio format. The original KRAO call letters are now found only on FM sister station KRAO-FM at 102.5 MHz
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KMAX
- ^ "Radio Network". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-575
External links
- KMAX in the FCC's AM station database
- KMAX on Radio-Locator
- KMAX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database