KMKY (AM)
| City | Oakland, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Frequency | 1310 kHz |
| First air date | 1922 |
| Format | South Asian |
| Power | 5,000 Watts unlimited |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 96 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°49′27″N 122°19′10″W / 37.82417°N 122.31944°WCoordinates: 37°49′27″N 122°19′10″W / 37.82417°N 122.31944°W |
| Callsign meaning | K MicKeY Mouse (from the former Radio Disney format) |
| Former callsigns | KDIA, KFYI |
| Owner | Charanjit Batth (Akal Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | radiopunjab |
KMKY (1310 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Oakland, California that broadcasts with 5,000 watts. It calls itself "Radio Punjab" and airs programming in Hindi and Punjabi aimed at the San Francisco Bay Area's South Asian community. It is owned by Charanjit Batth of Akal Broadcasting Corporation. Its transmitter is located in Oakland near the toll plaza for the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
The 1310 AM frequency from 1959 to 1997 was the home of Urban adult contemporary and Gospel music KDIA. It later served as the San Francisco home of Radio Disney from 1997 to 2015, using the call sign KMKY, the last three letters standing for the Disney character Mickey Mouse.
KMKY is the second-oldest surviving radio station in the Bay Area. It began as KLS on March 10, 1922 on 1200 kHz. It moved to 1220 kHz in 1927 then 1440 kHz in 1928. It moved to 1280 kHz in 1937 then 1310 kHz in 1941 as a result of the NARBA agreement. In 1945, when the station was owned by the Warner Brothers of Oakland, no relation to the movie studio, it changed its call letters to KWBR and changed its format to focus on an African-American audience. In 1959, it was bought by the owners of Memphis radio station WDIA, and the call letters were changed to KDIA. During the 1960s through the 1980s, the station was the premier soul and funk station in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station helped launch the careers of such musicians as Sly and the Family Stone.
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