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KNSN (AM)

Coordinates:32°41′39″N117°7′17″W / 32.69417°N 117.12139°W /32.69417; -117.12139
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Christian radio station in San Diego

KNSN
Simulcast withKBRTCosta Mesa
Broadcast areaSan Diego, California
Frequency1240kHz
BrandingK-BRITE
Programming
FormatChristian radio
Ownership
Owner
KBRT
History
First air date
1947 as KSON
Former call signs
KSON (1947–1996)
KDDZ (1996–1997)
KSON (1997–2009)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID30831
ClassC
Power550watts
Transmitter coordinates
32°41′39″N117°7′17″W / 32.69417°N 117.12139°W /32.69417; -117.12139
Translator(s)103.3 K277DG (San Diego)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekbriteradio.com

KNSN (1240kHz) is anAMradio stationlicensed toSan Diego, California, United States. The station is owned byCrawford Broadcasting, through licensee Kiertron, Inc. It airs abrokeredChristianradio format, mostlysimulcast with co-ownedKBRT (740 AM) inCosta Mesa. Programs include half-hour weekday shows fromCharles Stanley,Joyce Meyer andDavid Jeremiah. Studios for KBRT and KNSN are on Airway Avenue in Costa Mesa.[3]

KNSN transmits with a power of 550watts, day and night, with itstransmitter off Newton Avenue in San Diego, at the intersection ofRoute 15 andInterstate 5.[4] KNSN shares the tower withKURS (1040 AM). Programming on KNSN is also heard on 15-wattFMtranslator stationK277DG at 103.3MHz in San Diego.[5]

History

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KNSN (New-Left; Old-Right)

The stationsigned on in 1947 as KSON.[6] KSON used a 250-wattRCA transmitter with a tower that was 250 feet tall. The station was owned and operated by Fred Rebal.

Through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, KSON was acountry music station, mostly simulcast withKSON-FM (97.3 FM, now on103.7 FM). In 1985, KSON-AM-FM were acquired byJefferson Pilot Broadcasting. On July 24, 1996, the AM station's format was changed tochildren's radio as KDDZ, with thecall sign standing for "Kids."[7] It started as a KidStar RadioNetwork affiliate; that network was short-lived and merged withRadio Disney in June 1997.

During a heavy rain and wind storm near the end of December 2004, approximately half of the radio antenna tower collapsed and fell, leaving the tower at a height of about 200 feet. It had been 442 feet tall.

Later, KNSN was agospel music radio station, having that format from January 2007 until July 2007. The station was sold toMulticultural Broadcasting Inc., owned by Arthur Liu, on June 1, 2009.[8][9] In the early 2000s, it shifted to aSpanish-languageChristian radio format.

On May 22, 2014,Crawford Broadcasting announced it would acquire KNSN for $1.5 million through licensee Kiertron, Inc.[10] The sale was consummated on July 25, 2014, with the Spanish Christian programming shifting to 1040 KURS.[11] KNSN went silent in late July 2014 in preparation for a new format under Crawford Broadcasting ownership. KNSN returned to air on September 29, 2014. The format ended up being the previous religious format, this time inEnglish. It is mostly a simulcast of co-ownedKBRT inCosta Mesa.

In 2017, a 15-wattFMtranslator station was added, 103.3MHz K277DG. It shares the same broadcast tower as the AM signal. The translator is often cut off as distant stationKRUZ inSanta Barbara, the dominant station at 103.3, often hashes out K277DG's signal in tropospheric ducting.

References

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  1. ^"Call Sign History".FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^"Facility Technical Data for KNSN".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^KBriteRadio.com/employment
  4. ^Radio-Locator.com/KNSN
  5. ^Radio-Locator.com/K277DG
  6. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 page B-28
  7. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1997 page B-58
  8. ^"A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond".
  9. ^"KSON-AM Tower Blows over".
  10. ^"Crawford Acquires KNSN San Diego". May 22, 2014.
  11. ^http://www.crawfordbroadcasting.com/Local_Oscillator/June%202014%20Local%20Oscillator.pdf[bare URL PDF]

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