KALI-FM is a Vietnamese language

Vietnamese language

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...

 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) to serve the community of Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....

, USA.

KALI airs musical and entertainment shows. In addition to Vietnamese language programming, the station broadcasts a Japanese talk show during weekday mornings.

106.3 first came on the air in the early 1960s as KYMS FM (easy listening format) with studios in the Saddleback Inn, Santa Ana. 3000 watts. Its showcase air studio featured a web of gold chains designed to hold the two (one microphone for each channel) Electrovoice microphones in any desired position. The early announcers included Johnny Kaye (William H. Belter) and Jerry Grey.