KSAH (720

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) is a commercial AM

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, licensed to Universal City, Texas, and serving the

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. KSAH and

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104.1

KSAH-FM KSAH-FM (104.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Pearsall, Texas, and serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. KSAH-FM and sister station KSAH 720 AM simulcast a Classic Regional Mexican radio format, specializing in Norteñ ...

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a Classic

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

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, specializing in

Norteño music Norteño (Spanish: "northerner") may refer to: * Norteño (music) is a style of Mexican music related to polka and corridos * Norteño refers to the people originally from Northern Mexico and Southwestern U.S. * Norteño (band) is a ''tango nuevo ...

. The two stations are owned by Alpha Media with the licenses held by Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. The studios and offices are located on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. The AM station's

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site is south of

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, off Stolte Road. By day, KSAH is powered at 10,000

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s. But because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WGN

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, KSAH must reduce power at night to 890 watts to avoid interference. The station uses a

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around the clock.

History

KSAH 720 first

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the air . It was owned by Gandadores, Inc. and broadcast at 10,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts by night. It aired a

Regional Mexican music Regional styles of Mexican music vary greatly from state to state. Norteño, banda, duranguense, Son mexicano and other Mexican country music genres are often known as regional Mexican music because each state produces different musical sounds ...

format. In 2010, the AM station's Regional Mexican format started to be

on 104.1

. In June 2012, the music format moved exclusively to 104.1 FM and the AM station switched to Spanish-language sports talk, as an

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. In 2018, the sports format was discontinued and the two stations returned to simulcasting their programming. The FM station's

is located about 30 miles south of San Antonio in

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, in the community of Hindes.Radio-Locator.com/KSAH-FM
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