KNSI

KNSI
St. Cloud, Minnesota;
Broadcast area	Central Minnesota
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
Sister stations	KCLD-FM, KCML, KZPK, K277BS
History
First air date	1938; 86 years ago
Former call signs	KFAM (1938–1975); KCLD (1975–1981); KNSI (1981–1988); KCLD (1988–1990);
Call sign meaning	News Sports Information
Technical information
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	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	knsiradio.com

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.

History

The 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

^ "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

Official website

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

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

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KNSI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1922, page 3.

[3] "Strike out all particulars of the following named stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 31, 1928, page 18.

[4] "KFAM-FM Is Launched; Duplicates KFAM Shows" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. p. 84. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

[5] Lindblad, Sister Owen (October 1987). "On the Air: The 'Voice of Central Minnesota'" (PDF). Escape to the Minnesota Good Times. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

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