KNSN

KNSN
City of license San Diego, California
Broadcast area San Diego, California
Branding K-Brite
Slogan K-Brite 1240 AM
Frequency 1240 kHz
First air date 1963 as KSON
Format Christian radio
simulcast of KBRT
Power 550 watts unlimited
Class C
Facility ID 30831
Transmitter coordinates 32°41′40.00″N 117°7′17.00″W / 32.6944444°N 117.1213889°W / 32.6944444; -117.1213889
Callsign meaning none
Former callsigns KSON (1963-1996)
KDDZ (1996-1997)
KSON (1997-2009)[1]
Affiliations none
Owner

Donald Crawford

Crawford Broadcasting
(Kiertron, Inc.)
Sister stations none
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.kbrt740.com

KNSN (1240 AM, "K-Brite") is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station is owned by Donald Crawford's Crawford Broadcasting, through licensee Kiertron, Inc.

From 2009 until late-July 2014, it broadcast a Spanish language Catholic format as ESNE Radio when it moved to its current home on KURS 1630 AM.

History

Previously, KNSN was a gospel music radio station, having that format from January 2007 until July 2007. Prior to that format, it had been a KidStar Radio affiliate from July 24, 1996, but that radio network was short-lived and merged with Radio Disney. Before that, KSON had a country music format that was simulcast with KSON-FM 97.3. KNSN shares its antenna with KURS. During a heavy rain/wind storm in 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. The station was sold to Multicultural Broadcasting Inc. on June 1, 2009.[2][3]

On May 22, 2014, Crawford Broadcasting announced they would acquire KNSN for $1.5 million through licensee Kiertron, Inc.[4] The sale was consummated on July 25, 2014. [5] KNSN went silent in late-July 2014 in preparation for a new format under Crawford Broadcasting ownership. As a result, ESNE Radio moved to KURS.

KNSN signed on again on September 29, 2014, as a simulcast of KBRT.

KSON first came on the air in 1946. 1240 kHz and 250 watt RCA transmitter, tower was 250 feet (as I recall). The station was owned and operated by Fred Rebal.

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-050114.html
  3. ↑ http://www.sbe36.org/2004/12_kson_tower.html
  4. ↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88747/crawford-acquires-knsn-san-diego/
  5. ↑ http://www.crawfordbroadcasting.com/Local_Oscillator/June%202014%20Local%20Oscillator.pdf

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