Radio Sausalito

Radio Sausalito 1610 AM
City	Sausalito, California
Slogan	Foot-Stompin' Jazz and Local Information
Frequency	1610 kHz (AM)
First air date	March 2000
Format	Community radio, jazz
Power	100 mW (simulcast on 6 100-milliwatt synchronous transmitters)
Owner	Jonathan Westerling
Webcast	Listen Live
Website

Radio Sausalito (1610AM) is a "Part 15" radio station broadcasting a Big Band Jazz format on 1610 AM. The station is noncommercial and serves the Southern Marin County, California area. The station has partnerships with the local paper, the local library, and local businesses which host its programs. Its programming is also made available online via podcasts. The station has an agreement with the city of Sausalito to provide information to residents in the event of an emergency.^[1] In 2009 the station was selected as the audio accompaniment to the community calendar on Marin TV cable channels 26, 27, and 30.^[2] As of Summer 2012, Radio Sausalito is also broadcasting on 1710 AM in Central San Rafael. The station broadcast the first and last games of the San Rafael Pacifics baseball team.^[3]

History

The station began in 2000 as an FM station on 100.1 MHz. Following a complaint from Comcast, Radio Sausalito changed its transmitting frequency to 1610 kHz on the AM band in 2005.

As of June 2009, their programming is heard along with the community bulletin board throughout Marin via MarinTV on Cable channel 26 and 27.^[4]

According to a December 2012 story on KGO-TV, the station has its studios in a Victorian in Sausalito with less than one watt of power.^[5]

In June 2015, The Joys Of Jazz, produced by Radio Sausalito, was awarded the Bronze trophy for "Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program". ^[6] ^[7]

Personalities

Dizzy Jones: Host of The Last Dance ^[8]
Mitchell Field: Host of the Field Trip ^[9]

Legality

Though unlicensed, the station broadcasts legally according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Title 47 CFR Part 15 allows Radio Sausalito to legally broadcast so long as it meets a specific power limitation and prohibit it from interfering with commercial radio stations. Its top of the hour ID lists the FCC certification ID of NWXAM1000.

References

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Radio stations in the San Francisco, California market

By AM frequency	560 610 680¹ 740 810¹ 860 910 960 1010 1050 1100 1170 1190 1220 1260 1310 1370 1400 1430 1450 1500 1510 1550 1590 1610³ 1640

By FM frequency	87.7² 87.9 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.5 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.3 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.45 162.5 162.55

By callsign	KALW KALX KBAY KBLX-FM KBRG KCBS KCEA KCRH KCSM KDIA KDOW KDX54 KDYA KEAR KEC49 KECG KEST KEZR KFAX KFFG KFJC KFOG KFRC-FM KGMZ KGO KHB49 KIOI KIQI KISQ KITS KKSF KKUP KLIV KLLC KLOK KLVS KMEL KMKY KMTG KMVQ-FM (HD3) KNBR KNEW KOIT KOSC KOSF KPDO KPFA KPFB KPOO KQED-FM KRBQ KREV KRSA KRTY KRZZ KSAN KSCU KSFB KSFH KSFN KSFO KSJO KSJS KSJX KSOL KSQQ KSRH KTCT KTRB KUFX KVTO KVVF KVVN KVVZ KWMR KXSC KXZM KYLD KZDG KZSF KZSU WWF64 "Radio Sausalito"³

Defunct	KABL KABL-FM KFRC KYA KJAZ KKHI KMPX KOME KSAN (defunct) KUSF (defunct)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 221 Sirius Channel 156

¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² Audio for TV channel 6 (KBKF-LP/Ind/K-LOVE) ³ Part 15 station with notability.

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