KVMX (890 AM) is an

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, Class B

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operating with 10,000

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s of power during the day and 270 watts at night from separate day and night transmitter sites. The station is owned by

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through licensee Lotus Sacramento Corp. and targets the Sacramento area. The station signed on in the summer of 2014, carrying programming from sister FM station KMJE-FM. It also broadcasts via

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K284CM on 104.7

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, licensed to Sacramento. On June 30, 2016, the then-KMJE was granted an

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to move the night transmitter site to the day transmitter site at

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and decrease night power to 270 watts. The station changed its call sign to the current KVMX on April 17, 2017.

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is United States

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frequency. KVMX must reduce nighttime power to 270

s to prevent interference to the

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signal of

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, a Class A station.

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* * VMX Radio stations established in 2014 Lotus Communications stations 2014 establishments in California {{California-radio-station-stub