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| Broadcast area | Seattle-Tacoma-Puget Sound region |
| Frequency | 710 kHz |
| Branding | Seattle Sports |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| KTTH, KIRO-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 27, 1927 (as KPCB at 650) |
Former call signs | KPCB (1927–1935) |
Former frequencies | 650 kHz (1927–1937) |
Call sign meaning | Sounds like Cairo |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6362 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°23′55″N 122°26′0″W / 47.39861°N 122.43333°W |
| Repeater(s) | 97.3 KIRO-FM HD2 (Tacoma) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | sports |
KIRO (710 kHz "Seattle Sports") is a commercial AM radio station in Seattle, Washington, owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International. The station airs a sports radio format and is an ESPN Radio Network affiliate. The station's studios and offices are located on Eastlake Avenue in Seattle's Eastlake district.
KIRO is a Class A clear channel station. It broadcasts at the maximum power for U.S. AM radio stations, 50,000 watts. By day, it uses a non-directional antenna. To protect the other Class A station on AM 710, WOR in New York City, and the previously allocated Class B station on 710, KSPN in Los Angeles, KIRO must use a directional antenna at night, thereby protecting those two stations. The transmitter is off Dockton Road SW on Vashon Island.[2] KIRO is Washington State's primary entry point station in the Emergency Alert System.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KIRO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KIRO-AM