KARM
{{short description|Radio station in Visalia, California}}
{{for|the airport serving Wharton, Texas, assigned the ICAO code KARM|Wharton Regional Airport}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KARM
| logo =
| city = Visalia, California
| area = Visalia - Tulare - Hanford
| branding =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1980}}
| frequency = 89.7 and 90.5 MHz
| format = Contemporary Inspirational
| power =
| erp = 1,000 watts
| haat = {{Convert|247|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B1
| facility_id = 26360
| coordinates = {{coord|36|38|10|N|118|56|32|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Harvest Broadcasting Company, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.mypromisefm.com MyPromiseFM.com]
| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KARM (89.7 FM "Promise FM"), is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Inspirational format. It is licensed to Visalia, California, and serves the Central California communities of Visalia, Tulare and Hanford. The station is currently owned by Harvest Broadcasting Company, Inc.[http://www.MyPromiseFM.com/ Promise FM: Family Friendly Radio] The studios are on South Woodland Drive in Visalia. The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air and on its website.
KARM is a Class B1 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000 watts.
History
The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1980}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf page D 111. Retrieved Jan. 24, 2025.] It has always had a Christian radio format.
Until 2016, KARM's programming was simulcast in Modesto and the San Joaquin Valley via its former sister station, KADV.
The KARM call sign was once used for a station broadcasting on 1430 AM as Fresno's ABC Radio Network affiliate in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time it was the second-oldest AM station in the Fresno market, after KMJ 580 AM. The original KARM got its start on 1310 kHz with 100 watts in 1938.Fresno Bee, radio logs (various dates)White's Radio Log (various dates) It is now sports radio KFIG.
References
External links
{{FM station data|26360|KARM}}
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{{Visalia-Tulare Radio}}
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