KSAH (AM)
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City | Universal City, Texas |
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Broadcast area | San Antonio, Texas |
Frequency | 720 kHz |
Branding | Norteño 720 y 104.1 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Regional Mexican |
Ownership | |
Owner | Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee, LLC) |
KJXK, KLEY-FM, KSAH-FM, KTFM, KTSA, KHHL, KZDC | |
History | |
First air date | November 1, 1986 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 23072 |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts (day) 890 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°31′51″N 98°10′39″W / 29.53083°N 98.17750°WCoordinates: 29°31′51″N 98°10′39″W / 29.53083°N 98.17750°W |
Links | |
Website | Nortenosa.com |
KSAH, KSAH-FM (720 kHz, 104.1 MHz), is an American AM/FM combination radio station, serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. The AM station is licensed to Universal City, Texas, and the FM station is licensed to Pearsall, Texas. The stations are currently owned by Alpha Media and the station licenses are held by Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. KSAH-AM-FM broadcast a Spanish-language Regional Mexican music format, specializing in Norteño music.
The studios and offices are located in Northeast San Antonio. The AM station's transmitter site is south of Zuehl, Texas, off Stolte Road.[1] KSAH is powered at 10,000 watts by day. Because AM 720 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WGN Chicago, KSAH must reduce power at night to 890 watts to avoid interference. The station uses a directional antenna around the clock.
History[]
KSAH 720 first signed on the air on November 1, 1986. It was owned by Gandadores, Inc. and broadcast at 10,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts by night.[2] It aired a Regional Mexican music format.
In 2010, the AM station's Regional Mexican format started to be simulcast on 104.1 KSAH-FM. In June 2012, the music format moved exclusively to 104.1 FM and the AM station switched to Spanish-language sports talk, as an ESPN Deportes Radio Network affiliate. In 2018, the sports format was discontinued and the two stations returned to simulcasting their programming. The FM station's transmitter is located about 30 miles south of San Antonio in Atascosa County, Texas, in the community of Hindes.[3] Simulcasting helps listeners in other parts of the San Antonio market hear KSAH-FM's programming by tuning in AM 720.
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External links[]
- KSAH in the FCC AM station database
- KSAH on Radio-Locator
- KSAH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Mexican-American culture in San Antonio
- Radio stations in San Antonio
- Spanish-language radio stations in Texas
- Radio stations established in 1953
- Alpha Media radio stations
- Texas radio station stubs