KSTE

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KSTE
City of license	Rancho Cordova, California
Broadcast area	Sacramento area
Branding	The very independent talk 650
Frequency	650 kHz (Also on HD Radio)
Format	News Talk Information
Audience share	0.5, #19 (Fa'07, R&R[1])
ERP	920 watts night 21,400 watts day
Class	B
Facility ID	22883
Transmitter Coordinates	38°28′47.00″N 121°16′38.00″W / 38.4797222, -121.2772222
Former callsigns	KMCE (1987-1991) KRDX (1991-1992)
Affiliations	ABC Radio , CNN Radio, Westwood One
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (Amfm Broadcasting Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KFBK
Webcast	listen live
Website	kste.com

KSTE (650 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Rancho Cordova, California, USA, the station serves the Sacramento area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and features programing from ABC Radio , CNN Radio and Westwood One.^[2]

The station is programmed as a complement "second tier" talk station to its more dominant sister station KFBK. Personalities heard on KSTE include Armstrong & Getty, Clark Howard, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Bill O'Reilly, and Jim Bohannon.

Armstrong & Getty: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty joined KSTE in 1986 and now have one of the highest rated morning radio shows in Northern California. They can also be heard on 910AM (KNEW) San Francisco. In November of 2007 the station fired long time Sacramento radio personality Phil Cowan making Armstrong and Getty the only live local weekday talkshow on KSTE.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KSTE
• Radio Locator Information on KSTE
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KSTE

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