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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. 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; 45 years ago (1980). 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. It is now sports radio KFIG.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KARM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Promise FM: Family Friendly Radio
3. page D 111. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2025.
4. Fresno Bee, radio logs (various dates)
5. 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

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