KMPH (840 AM) is a

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licensed to and serving the Modesto, California area. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc.

History

KMPH signed on in July 2006 with an Adult Standards/MOR format, with some

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programming. It effectively replaced sister station KTRB, which had operated from Modesto since 1933, but had just signed off the previous month in preparation of a move to the

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. The station switched to an all-talk format on March 10, 2008.

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shut KMPH down on August 31, 2010, due to lack of revenue. KMPH later returned to air with brokered programming provided by

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Evangelism of Texas, then temporarily switched to a Talk format in May 2013 fed via

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(1340 AM) in

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. On July 1, 2013, KMPH switched to a 1950s/1960s "Graffiti Gold" Oldies format, re-launching as "Modesto's Power House" and drawing on Modesto's connection to hometown hero George Lucas's classic 1973 motion picture, ''

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''. On July 30,

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programming began airing on KMPH. IHR's purchase of the station was consummated on October 30, 2014, at a price of $50,000. KMPH flipped to the

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branding when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on June 30, 2017.https://ihradio.com/2017/06/relevant-radio-immaculate-heart-radio-complete-merger/

References

External links

Relevant Radio website
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