KSAC (890

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) is a Class B AM radio station in

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, operating with 10,000 watts of power during the day and 270 watts at night. The station is owned by

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through licensee Lotus Sacramento Corp. and targets the Sacramento area. KSAC's programming previously was entirely devoted to '' The Rob, Anybody, and Dawn Show''. It also broadcasts via

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K284CM on 104.7

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, licensed to Sacramento. As

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is a United States

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frequency, KSAC must reduce nighttime power to 270 watts to prevent interference to the

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signal of WLS in Chicago, Illinois, a Class A station.

History

The station signed on in the summer of 2014 as KMJE, carrying programming from sister FM station KMJE-FM. On June 30, 2016, KMJE was granted a

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

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and decrease night power to 270 watts. The station then changed its call sign to KVMX on April 17, 2017. As of January 16, 2024, the call sign is KSAC. On November 13, 2023, KVMX broke from its simulcast with KVMX-FM (the former KMJE-FM) and

KSAC-FM KSAC-FM (105.5 Hertz, MHz, "La Ranchera") is a ranchera-leaning regional Mexican radio station based in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is licensed to the community of Dunnigan, California and is owned by Lotus Communications. ...

and relaunched as "RAD Radio", devoting its entire lineup to '' The Rob, Anybody, and Dawn Show''. The program is carried live in

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and repeated in afternoon drive and the overnight hours; other time periods feature archival segments. On September 2, 2024, KSAC changed their format from talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports Sacramento".Lotus to Launch Fox Sports Sacramento
Radioinsight - August 20, 2024

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