KNSN (AM)

KNSN

Simulcast withKBRTCosta Mesa
San Diego, California United States
Broadcast area	San Diego, California
Frequency	1240kHz
Branding	K-BRITE
Programming
Format	Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting (Kiertron, Inc.)
Sister stations	KBRT
History
First air date	1947as KSON
Former call signs	KSON (1947–1996) KDDZ (1996–1997) KSON (1997–2009)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	30831
Class	C
Power	550watts
Transmitter coordinates	32°41′39″N117°7′17″W
Translator(s)	103.3 K277DG (San Diego)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kbriteradio

KNSN(1240kHz) is anAMradio stationlicensedtoSan Diego, California,United States. The station is owned byCrawford Broadcasting,through licensee Kiertron, Inc. It airs abrokeredChristianradio format,mostlysimulcastwith co-ownedKBRT(740 AM) inCosta Mesa.Programs include half-hour weekday shows fromCharles Stanley,Joyce MeyerandDavid Jeremiah.Studios for KBRT and KNSN are on Airway Avenue in Costa Mesa.

KNSN transmits with a power of 550watts,day and night, with itstransmitteroff Newton Avenue in San Diego, at the intersection ofRoute 15andInterstate 5.KNSN shares the tower withKURS(1040 AM). Programming on KNSN is also heard on 15-wattFMtranslator stationK277DGat 103.3MHzin San Diego.

History

KNSN (New-Left; Old-Right)

The stationsigned onin 1947 as KSON. KSON used a 250-wattRCAtransmitter with a tower that was 250 feet tall. The station was owned and operated by Fred Rebal.

Through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, KSON was acountry musicstation, mostly simulcast withKSON-FM(97.3 FM, now on103.7 FM). In 1985, KSON-AM-FM were acquired byJefferson Pilot Broadcasting.On July 24, 1996, the AM station's format was changed tochildren's radioas KDDZ, with thecall signstanding for "Kids."It started as a KidStar RadioNetwork affiliate;that network was short-lived and merged withRadio Disneyin June 1997.

During a heavy rain and wind storm near 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 tall.

Later, KNSN was agospel musicradio station, having that format from January 2007 until July 2007. The station was sold toMulticultural BroadcastingInc., owned by Arthur Liu, on June 1, 2009.In the early 2000s, it shifted to aSpanish-languageChristian radioformat.

On May 22, 2014,Crawford Broadcastingannounced it would acquire KNSN for $1.5 million through licensee Kiertron, Inc.The sale was consummated on July 25, 2014, with the Spanish Christian programming shifting to 1040 KURS.KNSN went silent in late July 2014 in preparation for a new format under Crawford Broadcasting ownership. KNSN returned to air on September 29, 2014. The format ended up being the previous religious format, this time inEnglish.It is mostly a simulcast of co-ownedKBRTinCosta Mesa.

In 2017, a 15-wattFMtranslator stationwas added, 103.3MHzK277DG. It shares the same broadcast tower as the AM signal. The translator is often cut off as distant stationKRUZinSanta Barbara,the dominant station at 103.3, often hashes out K277DG's signal in tropospheric ducting.

External links

• FCC History Cards for KNSN
• K-Brite
• The Soul of San Diego (website of previous gospel format)
• Facility details for Facility ID 30831 (KNSN)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• KNSNinNielsen Audio's AM station database