KRKC (AM)

KRKC (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a country and sports format. As of April 2012, the station is also broadcast on 104.9 MHz. The 104.9 signal is FM translator K285FW. Licensed to King City, California, United States, it serves the South Monterey County area. The station is currently owned by Dimes Media Corporation,[1] and features programming provided from CBS Radio and Skyview Networks CA Headline News and local news and sports covering the Salinas Valley. Local sports play by play covers the four Salinas Valley High Schools Soledad King City Greenfield and Gonzales KRKC's sister station is KC 102 (102.1 KRKC-FM). 1490/104.9 airs Oakland A's baseball, SF 49ers, San Jose Sharks hockey Golden State Warriors basketball and WW1 Thursday Night Sunday Night and Monday Night NFLPlay By Play Coverage. By 2020, K285FW is now defunct

For the FM radio station in King City, California, United States, see KRKC-FM.
KRKC
Broadcast areaSouth Monterey County
Frequency1490 kHz
Programming
FormatCountry/Full service radio
AffiliationsCBS Radio
Golden State Warriors
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco 49ers
San Jose Sharks
Ownership
OwnerDimes Media Corporation
KRKC-FM
History
First air date
1959
Technical information
Facility ID54554
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
36°13′34″N 121°7′26″W
Translator(s)101.5 K268DW (King City)
104.9 K285FW (King City)
Links
Websitekrkccountry.com

KRKC signed on in 1959 on 1570 kHz with 250 watts daytime only. In 1963 it moved to 1490 kHz so it could stay on the air full-time.

References
  1. "KRKC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-19.


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