KSON-FM

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2008)

KSON
City of license	San Diego, California
Broadcast area	San Diego, California
Branding	"KSON-FM 97.3 and 92.1"
Frequency	97.3 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio)
First air date	1963
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	134 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	30832
Owner	Lincoln Financial Media
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.kson.com

KSON-FM is a country music radio station in San Diego. It has been broadcasting since 1963.

KSON has an AM station at 1240 kHz that used to broadcast country music in their heyday, and now currently airs Spanish language Catholic programming.

KSON-FM (97.3 only) simulcasts their programming in digital HD Radio.

The station also simulcasts their FM programming at 92.1 FM in Escondido, California.

[edit] Airstaff

The current lineup is as follows

• Morning Show: Cliff and Company - Cliff Dumas, Morgan Thomas, Bill Tanner
  & Tori Peck
• Late Mornings: Nick Upton
• Mid-Days: Brooks O'Brian
• Afternoon Drive: Kimo Jensen
• Nighttime: Lia
• Weekenders: Gary Campbell, Greg Cook, "Big John" Jackson, Gary Lee, Olga Mieth,
  Mark Stevenson and Diana Vincent

[edit] Awards

In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets Country music Radio & Records magazine station of the year award . Other nominees included WUSN Chicago, KYGO-FM Denver, WYCD Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, and WXTU Philadelphia.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• KSON Website
• KSON official MySpace page
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KSON
• Radio Locator information on KSON
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KSON