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| Broadcast area | San Diego County Tijuana |
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| Frequency | 1130kHz |
| Branding | Radio Inspiración |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanishreligious programming |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC |
| KEZY,KLTX | |
| History | |
First air date | January 24,1947[1] |
Former call signs | KYOR (1947–1949)[2] |
Call sign meaning | San Diego |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51166 |
| Class | B |
| Power | Licensed for 10,000 watts day and night from a directional antenna system no longer in use, and operating since 2016 under a Special Temporary Authority for 2,500watts, non-directional, day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°43′51″N117°04′59″W / 32.73083°N 117.08306°W /32.73083; -117.08306 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.radioinspiracion.com |
KSDO is a radio station inSan Diego, California, broadcasts at 1130KHz. The station is licensed for 10,000watts of power from a directional antenna system, but has been operating since 2016 with 2,500 watts non-directional from a different site. It is owned by Hi-Favor Broadcasting, and airs aSpanishChristian format branded "Radio Inspiración".
The station began broadcasting January 24, 1947, and held the call signKYOR.[1][2] It was owned by Silver Gate Broadcasting, and ran 250 watts during daytime hours only.[1][2]
In 1949, the station was sold to San Diego Broadcasting for $75,000, and its call sign was changed toKSDO.[2][4] The new owners were required to divest themselves of one station, so KSDO suspended operations.[5] The station had a permit to increase daytime power and add nighttime operations, and San Diego Broadcasting intended to surrender the license of AM 1510 KUSN once construction of KSDO's new facilities was complete.[5] In 1950, the station resumed operations, with its daytime power increased to 5,000 watts and nighttime operations added, running 1,000 watts.[2]
In 1959, the station was sold to Gordon Broadcasting for $500,000.[6][2] The station aired abeautiful music format in the 1960s.[7][8]
By the early 1970s, KSDO had adoptednews-talk format.[9] In 1972, the station was sold to Generation II Radio San Diego, a subsidiary ofFirestone Communications, for $2.5 million.[9][10] In 1976, the station was sold toPacific and Southern, a subsidiary ofCombined Communications, for $1,576,000.[11]Gannett purchased Combined Communications in 1979.[12] Its power was increased to 10,000 watts the same year.[2]
Laurence Gross hosted a midday talk show on KSDO from 1975 to 1983.[13] From 1986 to 1997, former San Diego mayorRoger Hedgecock hosted a program on the station.[14][15]Danuta Soderman hostedDanuta Time in the late 1980s.Michael Reagan hosted a show from 1989 to 1992.[16][17] It was an affiliate ofNBC Talknet in the 1980s.[18] Syndicated hosts on KSDO over the years includedRush Limbaugh,G. Gordon Liddy,Larry King, andTom Leykis.[17][19][20] It was also the flagship station of theSan Diego Chargers during its "Air Coryell" years.[21] As a talk station, KSDO's ratings were consistently among the top ten stations in San Diego, through 1996.[22][23]
In 1996, Gannett traded KSDO and five other stations toJacor Communications forWTSP CBS 10 in Tampa.[24] In 1997, Roger Hedgecock and Rush Limbaugh were moved toKOGO, and the station switched to a financial news-talk format, with programming fromBloomberg andThe Wall Street Journal.[15][25][26]Ray Lucia hosted middays, later moving to mornings.[26][27] Syndicated talk shows aired at night.[26] In 2000, syndicated talk programs replaced most financial programming.[28][27] Hosts includedMichael Savage,Phil Hendrie,Lionel, and Larry King.[27] That year, the station was sold to Chase Radio Properties.[29] In late 2001, financial talk programming began to again make up the bulk of the station's daytime schedule.[30]
In 2003, the station was sold to Hi-Favor Broadcasting for $10 million.[31][32][33][34] The station adopted a Spanish language Christian format as an affiliate ofRadio Nueva Vida.[33][35] By 2019, the station disaffiliated from Radio Nueva Vida, but continued to air a Spanish-language Christian format as Radio Inspiración.[36]
In 2016, Hi-Favor Broadcasting obtained a Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the FCC to broadcast with 2,500 watts from a single non-directional wire dropped from a cable hung from the tower ofKLSD radio, while a search is conducted for an alternate site.[37] The STA has been extended twice each year since it was originally granted.[38]
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