KVMI (1270 AM) is a

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, and serving the Tulare- Visalia area of

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. The station is currently owned by Momentum Broadcasting, LP, and it broadcasts a

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for part of November and December. By day, KVMI transmits with 5,000

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s non-directional, but to avoid interference with other stations on 1270 AM, at night KVMI reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a

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. Programming is also heard on two

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s: 97.5 K248BX in Visalia and 98.5 K253CI in

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History

On , the station

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as KCOK. It initially transmitted with 250 watts on 1240 kHz. It moved to 1270 kHz in 1949, and increased power to 1,000 watts. In 1963, the station's daytime power was increased to 5,000 watts.

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