KNSI (1450 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KCLD-FM, KZPK and KCML. KNSI is also carried on HD Radio, via KZPK-HD2.
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| Broadcast area | Central Minnesota |
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| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1450 KNSI |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Leighton Broadcasting |
| KCLD-FM, KCML, KZPK, K277BS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1938 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | News Sports Information |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 37002 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Translator(s) | 99.3 K257GK (St. Cloud) |
| Repeater(s) | 98.9 KZPK-HD2 (Paynesville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | knsiradio |
History
editThe station was first licensed in 1938 as KFAM on 1420 kHz. The call letters recalled an earlier St. Cloud station, WFAM, owned by the Times Publishing Company and the St. Cloud Daily Times, which had been first licensed in June 1922[2] and deleted in the summer of 1928.[3] In 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, KFAM moved to its current frequency of 1450 kHz. In 1948 it was joined by a sister station, KFAM-FM[4] (now KCLD-FM). The two stations were sold to Alver Leighton in 1975.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNSI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1922, page 3.
- ^ "Strike out all particulars of the following named stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 31, 1928, page 18.
- ^ "KFAM-FM Is Launched; Duplicates KFAM Shows" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. p. 84. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ Lindblad, Sister Owen (October 1987). "On the Air: The 'Voice of Central Minnesota'" (PDF). Escape to the Minnesota Good Times. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 37002 (KNSI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KNSI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 200117 (K257GK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K257GK at FCCdata.org