KVMR

KVMR
Nevada City, California;
Broadcast area	Sacramento, CA
Frequency	89.5 MHz Analog & Digital
Programming
Format	Community Radio, eclectic programming
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Nevada City Community Broadcast Group
History
Call sign meaning	Victorian Museum Radio
Technical information
Facility ID	48338
Class	B1
ERP	1,750 watts
HAAT	345 meters
Transmitter coordinates	39°14′47″N 120°57′48″W / 39.24639°N 120.96333°W
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Repeater(s)	KCPC (88.3 MHz) Camino
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.kvmr.org

KVMR (89.5 FM) is a community radio station founded in 1978 in Nevada City, California.

After two years of planning by Sacramento visionary, Lee Amundsen, KVMR signed on the air on July 14, 1978. KVMR first operated under the umbrella of the Nevada City-based non-profit, The American Victorian Museum (AVM). Deriving its name from Victorian Museum Radio, KVMR first broadcast from a small shack on nearby Banner Mountain, at just 20 watts, four hours a day.

In 1981, with the help of AVM Directors Charles Woods and David Osborn, Ruthe Hamm, Carol and David Fluke, KVMR found a home at the Museum, upgraded its power and began broadcasting 24 hours a day. Drawing from a rich pool of local talent, KVMR’s programming quickly began to incorporate live, in-studio performances. The popularity of these live broadcasts spurred a small crew of broadcasters to launch a regular live-broadcast performance series from the stage at the AVM.

By the mid- to late 1980s, KVMR’s nominal board formed an independent non-profit organization and purchased the station from the failing AVM. In 1989, ownership of the station was transferred to the Nevada City Community Broadcast Group (NCCBG), KVMR’s first Board of Directors. Since the mid 1990s, KVMR has matured to adopt a business structure supported with sound policies and prudent fiscal management.

An upgrade of the station’s broadcast facility in 1999 dramatically improved KVMR’s regional signal quality. Although studios and offices are located in Nevada City, the KVMR community is better defined by the wide range of its signal, which is broadcast from Banner Mountain from 3,861 feet above sea level resulting in a signal equivalent to 6,000 watts output at sea level. KVMR serves listeners throughout the Northern California Sierra foothills and the greater Sacramento Valley on 89.5 FM, Woodland at 93.9 FM, the Truckee/Tahoe region on 105.1 FM, Camino/Placerville at 88.3 FM and Angels Camp on 99.5 FM

KVMR is now available via live web stream anywhere in the world twenty-four hours a day at www.kvmr.org. KVMR’s unduplicated audience is 40,000, two thirds of who live outside of Nevada County. KVMR has become the official Emergency Broadcast station of Nevada County, with a live broadcaster in the studio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The station has a small staff of 10 and a few contract staff, but the majority of the station operates with the generous time of volunteers, over 700 of them, of which 150 are broadcasters.

In 2016, KVMR acquired a terrestrial signal at 105.7fm and developed KVMRx, which showcases the latest in dance, pop, folk, hip hop and experimental music, bringing in a new generation of broadcasters and listeners.

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In addition to simulcasting on KCPC (88.3 FM, Camino), KVMR is rebroadcast by several broadcast relay stations (translators):

Broadcast translators for KVMR
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
K230CA	93.9 FM	Woodland, California	83228	10	657 m (2,156 ft)	D	LMS
K247BX	97.3 FM	Grass Valley, California	156434	10	260 m (853 ft)	D	LMS
K258DG	99.5 FM	Angels Camp, California	156154	10	485 m (1,591 ft)	D	LMS
K278CA	103.5 FM	El Dorado Hills, California	144143	5	47 m (154 ft)	D	LMS
K286AN	105.1 FM	Truckee, California	156135	10	592 m (1,942 ft)	D	LMS
K289BM	105.7 FM	Grass Valley, California	147454	250	329 m (1,079 ft)	D	LMS

KVMR

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