KSAM (AM)

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KSAM

Whitefish, Montana
Broadcast area	Flathead County, Montana
Frequency	1240 kHz
Branding	Sports Talk 1240 - 102.7
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	Bee Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KBBZ, KDBR, KHNK, KJJR, KWOL, KRVO
History
First air date	2005
Call sign meaning	SAM Houston (1st & 3rd President; 7th Governor of Texas.) Originally utilized by KHVL Huntsville, Texas in 1938; calls continue to reside on the 1965 licensed FM facility.)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	160441
Class	C
Power	400 watts
Transmitter coordinates	48°23′44″N 114°19′11″W / 48.39556°N 114.31972°W / 48.39556; -114.31972
Translator(s)	102.7 K274CY (Whitefish)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	sam1240.com

KSAM (1240 kHz, "Sports Talk 1240 - 102.7") is an AM radio station licensed to serve Whitefish, Montana. The station is owned by Bee Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a sports format.^[2]

All Bee Broadcasting stations are based at 2431 Highway 2 East, Kalispell.^{[citation needed]}

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 16, 2005.^[3] This callsign had been assigned to an AM radio station in Huntsville, Texas for nearly 80 years, now known as KHVL. The FM counterpart continues to reside in Huntsville since 1965, as KSAM-FM.^[4]

Since 2017, KSAM's AM broadcasts are simulcast on 102.7 FM over translator K274CY.^{[citation needed]}