KTMS

<p>KTMS (990 <a href="/facts/AM_broadcasting/oS0rn1lg">AM</a>, "Fox Sports 990/97.9") is a <a href="/facts/Commercial_radio/mRBxKgXN">commercial</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_station/FLJVq8Ec">radio station</a> in <a href="/facts/Santa_Barbara%2c_California/0LDgyx86">Santa Barbara, California</a>.  It is owned by <a href="/facts/Rincon_Broadcasting/MjFUYJbz">Rincon Broadcasting</a> and airs a <a href="/facts/Sports_radio/aItE110k">sports radio</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_format/NB7pHp7F">format</a>.  The <a href="/facts/Radio_studio/zlGNwv0g">studios</a> are on East Cota Street in Santa Barbara.
</p><p>By day, KTMS is powered at 5,000 <a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">watts</a>.  But to protect other stations on <a href="/facts/990_AM/lC4fTlIt">990 AM</a>, a <a href="/facts/Clear_channel_station/DHpMyBSL">clear channel frequency</a>, KTMS reduces power at night to 500 watts.  The AM <a href="/facts/Transmitter/nFYghtKv">transmitter</a> site overlooks Santa Barbara from near <a href="/facts/Rattlesnake_Canyon_(Santa_Barbara)/gSgVtYHz">Rattlesnake Canyon Park</a>, along Gibraltar Road, and above Gibraltar Peak, home of most Santa Barbara FM stations. The site is unusual, since AM stations are usually sited in low-lying areas, ideally with the highest possible high ground conductivity. This site is sufficiently close to the population center for even the low night power to serve the whole city.  KTMS is <a href="/facts/Simulcast/Ybej2dSD">simulcast</a> on <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM</a> <a href="/facts/Broadcast_relay_station/gXCrGt20">translator station</a> K250BS at 97.9 <a href="/facts/Megahertz/6Wshj5qm">MHz</a>, licensed to <a href="/facts/Solimar_Beach%2c_California/e3wa1Ups">Solimar Beach</a>, and K247CN at 97.3 MHz in <a href="/facts/Mojave%2c_California/SSq8rvx0">Mojave</a>.
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