KIGS
| City | Hanford, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Visalia-Tulare, California |
| Branding | "Radio Punjab" |
| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| First air date | February 1, 1948 (as KNGS) |
| Format | Punjabi language music, talk and news |
| Power | 1,000 watts day and night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 51122 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°19′35.00″N 119°33′59.00″W / 36.3263889°N 119.5663889°W |
| Callsign meaning | KInGS County |
| Former callsigns | KNGS (1947-1987) KCLQ (1987-1989) |
| Owner | Charanjit Singh Batth (Akal Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | RadioPunjab.com |
KIGS (620 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hanford, California, United States. It serves the Visalia-Tulare and Fresno radio markets. The station is owned by Charanjit Singh Batth, and it carries programming from "Radio Punjab." Radio Punjab is also heard in San Francisco, Seattle and other West Coast cities, airing Punjabi language music, talk and news for South Asian listeners.
KIGS operates at 1000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna at night to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 620. The studios and transmitter are located on Hanford Expressway (California State Route 198) near 6th Avenue in Hanford. The station building was the basis for the cover of Journey's 1986 album, Raised on Radio.
On February 1, 1948, the station first signed on as KNGS, owned by the Pereiras family (whose son Steve Perry was the lead singer of the rock band Journey from 1977-1987 and again from 1995-1998). Of Portuguese descent, the Pereiras first carried Portuguese-language programming in 1952, expanding to a mostly-Portuguese format (with some Spanish language programming) in 1989.
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