KVML

KVML
Frequency1450 kHz
Programming
FormatNews-Talk
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerClarke Broadcasting Corporation
KKBN, KZSQ-FM
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11711
ClassC
Power940 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
38°0′30″N 120°21′44″W / 38.00833°N 120.36222°W / 38.00833; -120.36222
Translator(s)102.7 K274CG (Sonora)
Links
Public license information
Websitekvml.com

KVML (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Sonora, California. The station broadcasts a News-Talk format and is owned by Clarke Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

AM 1450 KVML is the Mother Lode’s oldest radio station dating back to 1949 when it signed on with the call letters KROG, adopting the KVML call letters in 1961.

KVML uses the slogan, “The Mother Lode’s News Station”.[3] The original transmitter location tower and studio buildings are located along Old Mono way just west of Sanguinetti road. They moved to Racetrack Road in the mid 1970s.

Through the 1970s and most of the 1980s, the station broadcast a country music format billing itself as "Continuous Country KVML" and featured such notable radio personalities as Perry Van Houten, Tom DeAtilo and Rob Kavanaugh.

After years of broadcasting from their location on Racetrack Road the station moved in February, 1994, along with sister station KZSQ to downtown Sonora and updated to digital studios.

In 2000 Clarke Broadcasting acquired a local Internet Service Provider, Mother Lode Internet, and created a community website, myMotherLode.com, for its three radio stations KVML/KZSQ/KKBN. Mother Lode Internet was sold by Clarke Broadcasting in 2008, while retaining the myMotherLode.com with more than 500,000 visitors a month and 2 million page views.[4] myMotherLode.com continues to promote and represent AM 1450 KVML which does not stream all radio content but media feature segments are available on myMotherLode.com.

In 2013 when communities were evacuated due to the Rim Fire KVML and myMotherLode.com were a vital and official source for local information. KVML provided constant community updates and coverage and its sister stations broadcast vital community fire report meetings.[5]

Clarke Broadcasting Corporation is a Nevada corporation, President H. Randolph Holder, Jr. who inherited the radio station from his father.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVML". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ KVML fcc.gov. Accessed January 26, 2022
  3. ^ "Clarke Broadcasting Stations". myMotherLode.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "myMotherLode.com Family of Advertisers". myMotherLode.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "6:30PM Rim Fire Town Hall Meeting To Be Broadcast Live". myMotherLode.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.