KQMS (AM)

KQMS

City	Redding, California
Broadcast area	Redding, California
Branding	KQMS NewsTalk 1670 AM & 99.3 FM
Frequency	1670 kHz
Translator(s)	105.7 K289BT (Anderson)
First air date	2000 (as KAZT)
Format	News/Talk
Power	10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	87171
Callsign meaning	K Quality Music Station (before news/talk format took over)
Former callsigns	KAZT (1998-2001) KNRO (2001-2016)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Mapleton Communications (purchased from Regent Communications) (Mapleton License of Redding, LLC)
Sister stations	KQMS-FM, KRDG-FM, KNNN, KNRO, KSHA-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kqms.com

KQMS (1670 AM, "NewsTalk 1670") 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's original NewsTalk 1400 logo, 1990s-2011

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.

On August 22, 2016 KQMS and its news/talk format moved to 1670 AM Redding, swapping frequencies with sports-formatted KNRO, which moved to 1400 AM Redding.^[1]

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)
Don Kirk - Late 1990 Weekend KQMS/KSHA Board-Op and Former KPAK Operations Manager & KPAK Morning Drive personality

Previous Logo

(KQMS's logo under previous 1400 frequency)

References

↑ Translator Launches Lead to Redding AM Frequency Swap Radioinsight - August 23, 2016

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KQMS

Radio-Locator Information on KQMS

Radio stations in the Redding, California market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.9 89.7 91.3 91.5 93.3 94.7 96.1 97.3 98.1 99.3 100.1 101.1 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 105.3 106.1 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	540 1230 1330 1400 1460 1670

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KKRO KCNR KESR KEWB KFPR KHRD KIDE KJPR KKLC KKXS KLVB KLXR KNCA KNCQ KNNN KNRO KQMS KQMS-FM KRDG KRRX KSHA KSIZ KVIP KWCA KZRO WXL88

¹-Audio for TV channel 6 (KNNN-LP/Ind) California radio markets Bakersfield Chico Fresno Los Angeles Merced Modesto Oxnard–Ventura Palm Springs Redding Riverside/San Bernardino Sacramento San Diego San Francisco/Oakland San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Santa Cruz/Salinas/Monterey Santa Maria-Lompoc Santa Rosa Stockton Victor Valley Visalia-Tulare-Hanford Other California radio regions Barstow Bishop Crescent City Diablo Valley High Desert/Eastern Sierra Eureka Fort Bragg–Ukiah Gilroy/Hollister Imperial Valley Marysville/Yuba City Needles Red Bluff Susanville/Sierra Nevada Tri-Valley Yreka See also List of radio stations in California

News/Talk radio stations in the state of California

All-News	KCBS – San Francisco KFRC-FM San Francisco KNX – Los Angeles

News & Talk	KABC – Los Angeles KAHI – Auburn KCAA – Loma Linda KCBQ – San Diego KERN – Bakersfield KFBK – Sacramento KFBK-FM – Pollock Pines KFI – Los Angeles KFMB – San Diego KGO - San Francisco KGEO – Bakersfield KGIG-LP – Salida KINS-FM – Blue Lake KION – Salinas KMJ – Fresno KMJ-FM – Fresno KMPH – Modesto KNCO – Grass Valley KNEW – San Francisco KNWH – Yucca Valley KNWQ – Palm Springs KNWZ – Coachella KNZR – Bakersfield KNZR-FM – Shafter KOGO – San Diego KOSS – Lancaster KOWL – South Lake Tahoe KPAY – Chico KPRL – Paso Robles KQMS – Redding KQMS-FM – Shasta Lake KRLA – Glendale KSCO – Santa Cruz KSFO – San Francisco KSIZ – Weed KSMA – Santa Maria KSRO – Santa Rosa KSTE – Rancho Cordova KSUE – Susanville KSZL – Barstow KTIE – San Bernardino KTIP – Porterville KTKZ – Sacramento KTMS – Santa Barbara KUHL – Santa Maria KUKI – Ukiah KUTY – Palmdale KVEC – San Luis Obispo KVLI – Lake Isabella KVML – Sonora KVON – Napa KYOS – Merced

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California

Mapleton Communications

Chico, CA	KALF KFMF KQPT KZAP

Merced, CA	KABX-FM KBRE KHTN KLOQ-FM KUBB KYOS

Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA	KCDU KHIP KKHK KPIG-FM KWAV

Redding, CA	KNRO KQMS KQMS-FM KRDG KRRX KSHA

Alexandria, LA	KBKK KEZP KLAA-FM

Monroe, LA	KMYY KNNW KXRR KZRZ

Medford, OR	KAKT KBOY-FM KCMX KCMX-FM KTMT KTMT-FM

Spokane, WA	KBBD KDRK-FM KEYF-FM KGA KJRB KZBD

Other Stations	KSFN (San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose)

Coordinates: 40°33′31″N 122°19′48″W / 40.55861°N 122.33000°W / 40.55861; -122.33000

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