KQMS (AM)
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| City of license | Redding, California |
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| Broadcast area | Redding, California |
| Branding | KQMS NewsTalk 1400 AM & 99.3 FM |
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| First air date | 1954 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 51639 |
| Callsign meaning | K Quality Music Station (before news/talk format took over) |
| Affiliations | Fox News |
| Owner | Mapleton Communications (purchased from Regent Communications) (Mapleton License of Redding, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KQMS-FM, KRDG-FM, KNNN-FM, KNRO-AM, KSHA-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kqms.com |
KQMS (1400 AM, "NewsTalk 1400") is an American News/Talk radio station based in Redding, California. It was licensed on September 14, 1954. The station is now owned by Mapleton Communications of Monterey, California, which also owns its five sister stations in Redding and four stations in Chico, California. KQMS is generally known as a conservative talk radio station, since all of its main radio shows except for Coast To Coast AM are considered to be conservative shows.
KQMS first signed on the air as a music station in the 1940s. The station's call letters stood for "Quality Music Station" because of its various music formats. They switched to the fast-growing news/talk format in the late 1980s and has been the longtime home of popular conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Several different hosts also have their shows on KQMS including [Sean Hannity]], Michael Savage and Glenn Beck.
Today, KQMS simulcasts all of its programming with sister station, KQMS-FM 99.3.
News team/on-air talent
- Steve Gibson
- Kelly Frost Sr.
- Kelly Frost Jr.
Alumni
Among former radio personalities that have worked at or have hosted programs on KQMS include: Top talent from the past George Newcom Openline Host, Program director & News Director.
- Bob Meyer - News Director
- Ken Murray - Former mayor of Redding
- Sonny Stupek - High school color analyst (head softball coach and former head football coach at Shasta College. Also former junior college coach of Jason Sehorn)
External links
- FCC History Cards for KQMS
- KQMS official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KQMS
- Radio-Locator Information on KQMS
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KQMS
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