KSBN (AM)

KSBN
City of license Spokane, Washington
Slogan Money Talk 1230
Frequency 1230 kHz
Format News Talk Information
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 64668
Transmitter coordinates 47°39′30.00″N 117°25′8.00″W / 47.6583333°N 117.4188889°W
Former callsigns KKER (1983-1984) KRSS (1985-)
Owner Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (50%)
Second Amendment Foundation (50%)
(KSBN Radio, Inc.)
Website ksbn.net

KSBN, also known as Money Talk 1230, is a business and financial talk radio station licensed to serve Spokane, Washington. KSBN is licensed to broadcast at 1230 kHz with power of 1,000 watts day and night. The station is currently owned by KSBN Radio, Inc.,[1] consisting of the closely related gun rights groups Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation.[2] The station's broadcast tower is on top of the Delaney Building in Downtown Spokane.

History

The station went on the air as KRSS. On 1991-04-29, the station changed its call sign to the current KSBN.[3] [4] The station's current format, all business, was established by TCC Broadcasting in 1990 after the station went off the air for a short time. Owner/Manager Tom Cock sold the station in 1995 to KSBN Radio, Inc.

KSBN Transmitter Tower

References

  1. ↑ "KSBN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KSBN Ownership Report, 2011". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "KSBN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Mothballed Local Radio Station Born Again." Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. 14 September 1985. Page 7.

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