KYMX
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KYMX is commercial radio station
located in Sacramento, California
. The station airs an adult contemporary music format.
/"California Sound" station. KCTC, in turn, had moved to adult standards
-formatted 1320 AM
. Mix 96 has been a soft rock
station since then, its playlist covering three decades of music.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. The station airs an adult contemporary music format.
History
Mix 96 went on the air in 1990, replacing KCTC, a beautiful musicBeautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
/"California Sound" station. KCTC, in turn, had moved to adult standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
-formatted 1320 AM
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...
. Mix 96 has been a soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
station since then, its playlist covering three decades of music.