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KCVV
KCVV (1240 kHz) is an AM radio station in Sacramento, California. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and airs a Spanish language Catholic radio format. English language Catholic programming is heard on KSMH (1620 AM) in West Sacramento.
KCVV is powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is off 28th Street in Sacramento, near the American River. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K239CK at 95.7 MHz in nearby Elk Grove, California.
The station was established as KROY in 1937, making it the second-oldest station in Sacramento. The oldest station, KFBK (1530 AM), traces its history back to 1922.
The station now known as KCVV originally had the call sign KROY from 1937 to 1982, when it became KENZ, then adopted call letters KSAC in 1985, KSQR in 1994, KSAC again in 2005, and KRJY in 2008. Throughout its early years, KROY had been host to a number of formats, dating back to the "swing era." By 1960, the format had been changed to top 40. From the fall of 1968 until well into the 1970s, KROY was the top rated radio station in Sacramento. Its branding until March 30, 2008 was "Talk City".
On August 2, 1935, Royal Miller applied for a construction permit for a new radio station in Sacramento. The Federal Communications Commission approved the application in July 1936, and KROY signed on March 15, 1937, with Governor Frank F. Merriam delivering the first words over the new station, originally at 1210 kHz. KROY was initially a 100-watt, daytime-only station, broadcasting from studios on the mezzanine level of the Hotel Sacramento. After a bid to do so was denied in 1937, KROY was allowed to broadcast at night in 1939, doing so beginning July 31. One of the station's early employees was Elton Rule, who would later become the president of the American Broadcasting Company from 1972 to 1983.
January 1938 brought KROY an affiliation with the Columbia Broadcasting System; the network had aired in Sacramento over KFBK until that station affiliated with NBC. As with most stations on 1210 kHz, KROY moved to 1240 kHz on March 29, 1941, with the enactment of NARBA. The FCC rebuffed a bid to upgrade to 10,000 watts at 1030 kHz in 1942, but it did permit the station to increase to 250 watts the next year. The Millers owned KROY through 1946, when it was sold to Harmco, Inc., owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Harm and Clyde F. Coombs, all of Fresno. An application by Luther Gibson to buy the station was denied. KROY was sold in 1952 to a consortium headed by George L. McCarthy for $425,000. However, three years later, Robert W. Dumm bought an 80 percent stake in the station for just $97,500. Under Dumm, KROY moved its studios to 11th and J Streets (1010 11th Street) in 1956.
In June 1959, John T. Carey bought KROY and an associated FM construction permit for 102.5 MHz, which would never be built, for $390,000.
On January 4, 1960, KROY disaffiliated from CBS; KFBK had eased in CBS programming beginning the prior month, with a full affiliation to begin in June. Later that year, Lincoln Dellar acquired KROY; at the time, Dellar was an executive at KXOA (1470 AM), and he had also founded short-lived KCCC-TV, Sacramento's first television station. Dellar moved to increase KROY's power to its present 1,000 watts the next year.
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KCVV
KCVV (1240 kHz) is an AM radio station in Sacramento, California. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and airs a Spanish language Catholic radio format. English language Catholic programming is heard on KSMH (1620 AM) in West Sacramento.
KCVV is powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is off 28th Street in Sacramento, near the American River. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K239CK at 95.7 MHz in nearby Elk Grove, California.
The station was established as KROY in 1937, making it the second-oldest station in Sacramento. The oldest station, KFBK (1530 AM), traces its history back to 1922.
The station now known as KCVV originally had the call sign KROY from 1937 to 1982, when it became KENZ, then adopted call letters KSAC in 1985, KSQR in 1994, KSAC again in 2005, and KRJY in 2008. Throughout its early years, KROY had been host to a number of formats, dating back to the "swing era." By 1960, the format had been changed to top 40. From the fall of 1968 until well into the 1970s, KROY was the top rated radio station in Sacramento. Its branding until March 30, 2008 was "Talk City".
On August 2, 1935, Royal Miller applied for a construction permit for a new radio station in Sacramento. The Federal Communications Commission approved the application in July 1936, and KROY signed on March 15, 1937, with Governor Frank F. Merriam delivering the first words over the new station, originally at 1210 kHz. KROY was initially a 100-watt, daytime-only station, broadcasting from studios on the mezzanine level of the Hotel Sacramento. After a bid to do so was denied in 1937, KROY was allowed to broadcast at night in 1939, doing so beginning July 31. One of the station's early employees was Elton Rule, who would later become the president of the American Broadcasting Company from 1972 to 1983.
January 1938 brought KROY an affiliation with the Columbia Broadcasting System; the network had aired in Sacramento over KFBK until that station affiliated with NBC. As with most stations on 1210 kHz, KROY moved to 1240 kHz on March 29, 1941, with the enactment of NARBA. The FCC rebuffed a bid to upgrade to 10,000 watts at 1030 kHz in 1942, but it did permit the station to increase to 250 watts the next year. The Millers owned KROY through 1946, when it was sold to Harmco, Inc., owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Harm and Clyde F. Coombs, all of Fresno. An application by Luther Gibson to buy the station was denied. KROY was sold in 1952 to a consortium headed by George L. McCarthy for $425,000. However, three years later, Robert W. Dumm bought an 80 percent stake in the station for just $97,500. Under Dumm, KROY moved its studios to 11th and J Streets (1010 11th Street) in 1956.
In June 1959, John T. Carey bought KROY and an associated FM construction permit for 102.5 MHz, which would never be built, for $390,000.
On January 4, 1960, KROY disaffiliated from CBS; KFBK had eased in CBS programming beginning the prior month, with a full affiliation to begin in June. Later that year, Lincoln Dellar acquired KROY; at the time, Dellar was an executive at KXOA (1470 AM), and he had also founded short-lived KCCC-TV, Sacramento's first television station. Dellar moved to increase KROY's power to its present 1,000 watts the next year.