KCTC

KCTC AM 1320 is a radio station in Sacramento, California, that has been affiliated with ESPN Radio since February 2007.

KCTC's history dates back to 1947, although in its glory years when it was an FM stereo radio station at 96.1 MHz, it broadcast a variant of the beautiful music format which they called the "California Sound" (with its occasional vocals in each 15-minute set). The format continued until 1989, when KCTC ceased broadcasting as an FM station to become KYMX (Mix 96), a soft rock station. In turn, KCTC moved to 1320 AM where for years it was an adult standards station as part of the Music Of Your Life network. Prior to the change of call letters, AM 1320 was known as KCRA (then affiliated with TV Channel 3, KCRA-TV) and KCRA Newsradio 132, under ownership of Kelly Broadcasting. Before its sale to Entercom, KCTC was owned by Tribune Broadcasting of Chicago from 1978 to 1996. For a time under the Tribune ownership, 1320 AM was known as KGNR Newsradio 132. In the early 1970s, prior to Tribune, KCRA was Sacramento's home for the syndicated "American Top 40" program with Casey Kasem; a September 1971 broadcast of the show mentions KCRA as an affiliate, as done a broadcast of the syndicated program from December 1974.

On November 1, 2005, KCTC changed formats, dropping the well-rated Music Of Your Life format to become an Air America affiliate, after crosstown rival KSAC, "Talk City 1240 AM," dropped its Air America affiliation. This was a rare instance where two liberal talk stations existed in the same radio market.

However, KCTC's website announced on February 15, 2007, that AM 1320 would no longer carry Air America programs, and also would not retain Enid Goldstein or The Morning Retort with Scott and Sims. The site announced that Monday, February 26, KCTC will become ESPN 1320, carrying the complete sports programming of the ESPN radio network. This move would make KCTC Sacramento's first 24/7 Sports radio station, rivaling KHTK AM 1140 which, although billed "Sports 1140," also featured some non-sports shows - notably The Don and Mike Show from Washington, D.C.

As of February 25, 2007, KCTC has begun airing ESPN Radio programming.

External links

• ESPN 1320 AM
• ESPNradio.com
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KCTC
• Radio-Locator Information on KCTC
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KCTC