KMAX (AM)

KMAX (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Talk Radio format. Licensed to Colfax, Washington, the station serves the Pullman - Moscow - South Eastern Washington region and is owned by Inland Northwest Broadcasting, LLC.
By day, KMAX is powered at 10,000 watts and broadcasts a non-directional signal. But 840 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency reserved for Class A WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. So KMAX must reduce nighttime power to only 280 watts to protect the skywave signal of WHAS. The transmitter is off Hilty Road in Colfax.
Programming.
On late weekday mornings, KMAX has an hour of local news and talk. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts: Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Dave Ramsey, Lars Larson, Mike Gallagher and Michael Medved. 
Weekends feature shows on money, health, gardening, home repair and pets. Syndicated weekend hosts include Dennis Prager and repeats of weekday shows. KMAX also serves as the Moscow/Pullman network affiliate station of Seattle Seahawks football broadcasts.
History.
The station signed on the air as KRAO in . Four years earlier, co-owned [[KRAO-FM]] came on the air. In June 2005, both stations were acquired by Inland Northwest Broadcasting. The AM station became KMAX, airing a [[talk radio]] format. The original KRAO call letters are now found only on FM [[sister station]] KRAO-FM at 102.5 [[Hertz|MHz]]
External links.
[[Category:Radio stations in Washington (state)|MAX]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1995]]