KNSI

KNSI

City of license	St. Cloud, Minnesota
Branding	NewsTalk 1450 KNSI
Slogan	The Talk of St. Cloud
Frequency	1450 kHz
Translator(s)	103.3 K277BS (St. Cloud)
First air date	1948
Format	News/Talk
Power	1,000 watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	37002
Callsign meaning	K News Sports Information
Former callsigns	KFAM (1948-1981) KNSI (1981-1988) KCLD (1988-1990)
Owner	Leighton Broadcasting
Sister stations	KCLD-FM, KCML, KZPK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1450knsi.com

KNSI (1450 AM/103.3 FM) is a commercial radio station based in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KCLD.

Programming

KNSI has a variety of news and talk programming dealing with news, current events, politics, sports, and more. Its signature live and local show is Ox In The Afternoon which airs weekday afternoons from 2-5 PM. KNSI also airs many syndicated talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Dave Ramsey.

In the summer of 2006 it was announced that KNSI would become the broadcast station of SCSU football and men's and women's basketball while continuing the broadcasting of men's hockey beginning with the 2006-2007 seasons. In 2014, the station announced that Husky Hockey coverage would move to sister station KCML for the 2014-15 season while KNSI broadcasts men's and women's basketball.^[1]

The station carried the KCLD call sign from 1975 to 1990. The station is rebroadcast on translator K277BS (103.3 FM).

History

The station began broadcasting as KFAM, which was owned by the St. Cloud Daily Times.^[2] It and sister station KFAM-FM were sold to Alvar Leighton in 1975.^[3]

References

↑ "St. Cloud State Athletics Radio Coverage Changes for 2014-15". scsuhuskies.com. August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
↑ "KFAM-FM Is Launched; Duplicates KFAM Shows" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ Lindblad, Sister Owen (October 1987). "On the Air: The 'Voice of Central Minnesota'" (PDF). Escape to the Minnesota Good Times. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KNSI

Radio-Locator Information on KNSI

Radio stations in the St. Cloud, Minnesota market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 91.5 92.1 92.9 94.1 94.9 96.1 96.7 97.5 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.7 103.7 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	540 660 800 960 1010 1150 1180 1240 1300 1360 1390 1410 1450

By callsign	KASM KCFB KCLD-FM KCML KDDG KFML KIKV-FM KKJM KLCI KLFD KLTF KLZZ KMXK KNSI KNSR KPCS KQQL KRWC KSJR-FM KVEX-LP KVSC KXSS KYES KZPK KZRV KZYS-LP W293CS W297BO WBHR WHMH-FM WJON WMIN WQPM WROJ-LP WVAL WWJO WXYG WYRQ-FM

Nearby radio markets Alexandria Brainerd Duluth–Superior Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Minneapolis–St. Paul Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KASM – Albany KATE – Albert Lea KAUS – Austin KBRF – Fergus Falls KDAL – Duluth KDLM – Detroit Lakes KDUZ – Hutchinson KDWA – Hastings KLKS – Pequot Lakes KLTF – Little Falls KMHL – Marshall KMKO-FM – Lake Crystal KMRS – Morris KNSI – Saint Cloud KROC – Rochester KROX – Crookston KTLK – Minneapolis KTNF – St. Louis Park KTOE – Mankato KYCR - Minneapolis KVBR – Brainerd KWLM – Willmar KWNO – Winona WCCO – Minneapolis WJON – Saint Cloud WNMT – Hibbing WWWI – Baxter WZFG – Dilworth (Fargo, North Dakota)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Coordinates: 45°32′21″N 94°10′05″W / 45.53917°N 94.16806°W / 45.53917; -94.16806

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