KKSM
Encyclopedia
KKSM is a 0.5 kW Class B college radio station broadcasting full time at 1320 kHz from the campus of Palomar College
, San Marcos, California
. The station, licensed in Oceanside
, simulcasts via Cox Cable channel 957 and streams via the internet at www.palomarcollegeradio.com.
radio broadcasting program make up the station on-air staff. Radio students also serve as the station's Program Director
, Music Director
, Promotions Director, Sports Director
, News Director
, Public Service Announcement
Director. A faculty advisor serves in the position of General Manager
and an independent contractor serves as the Chief Engineer
.
with specialty and freeform (radio format)
programs encompassing other musical genres. The station also has talk shows devoted to sports, professional wrestling
, and nerdcore. Local sports programming covers Palomar College
football and selected high school games in the North County area.
The station also showcases local music on several shows and within the station's format. Artists perform regularly on KKSM on a variety of shows. Artists that have performed or appeared on KKSM include Ike Turner
, Jason Mraz
, Korn
, Thee Corsairs, Candye Kane
, Tristan Prettyman
, and others.
Guests that have been interviewed on KKSM include Lou Dobbs
, convicted Congressman Duke Cunningham
, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa
, Frankie Laine
, Jay Leno
, Caspar Weinberger
, Art Linkletter
, Sally Ride
, Red Buttons, director Jim Sheridan
, Angelyne
, Graham Nash
, adult film star Mary Carey
, Johnny Knoxville
, George Carlin
, author Max Brooks
, Shawn Wayans, The Smothers Brothers, Frank Gorshin
, Marty Allen
, Lisa Moretti
(aka Ivory), Elmo Shropshire
, Mitch Miller
, Luke Ski
, The Bran Flakes
, UFC's Joey Beltran
and others.
. From 1979 until 1996, the station was only available via Cox
cable radio
. With the Telecommunications Act of 1996
, local radio corporation PAR Broadcasting donated the 1320 AM signal to Palomar College. KKSM signed on as an AM station on April 1, 1996.
Famous alumni of KKSM include Fox
Sports announcer Jeanne Zelasko
, Network TV voice Erik Thompson
, TV Anchor John Gregory, longtime San Diego radio announcers AJ Machado, Meg Banta, Greg Simms, Jenn Aquino, Boy Toy Jesse along with KPBS's Alison St. John and Kenny Goldberg, adult film star and Playboy Radio
host Kylie Ireland
, nerdcore rapper Zealous1
and internet personality Bob Stencil
.
to La Jolla and in an east-west direction from Interstate 15
to the coast.
Palomar College
Palomar College is a community college with one campus and six education sites in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the six education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in...
, San Marcos, California
San Marcos, California
San Marcos is a suburb of San Diego in the North County section of San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 83,781. Outside the San Diego region, it is best known as the home of California State University, San Marcos...
. The station, licensed in Oceanside
Oceanside, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was 3,961.8 people per square mile...
, simulcasts via Cox Cable channel 957 and streams via the internet at www.palomarcollegeradio.com.
Organization
Students in the Palomar CollegePalomar College
Palomar College is a community college with one campus and six education sites in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the six education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in...
radio broadcasting program make up the station on-air staff. Radio students also serve as the station's Program Director
Program director
In service industries, such as education, a program director or programme director researches, plans, develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services...
, Music Director
Music director
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, Promotions Director, Sports Director
Sports Director
A sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
, News Director
News Director
A news director is an individual at a broadcast station or network or a newspaper who is in charge of the news department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalists, news presenters, photographers, copy writers, television producers,...
, Public Service Announcement
Public service announcement
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Director. A faculty advisor serves in the position of General Manager
General manager
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and an independent contractor serves as the Chief Engineer
Chief Engineer
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.
Format
Format emphasis is on alternative musicAlternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
with specialty and freeform (radio format)
Freeform (radio format)
Freeform, or freeform radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. Freeform radio stands in contrast to most commercial radio stations, in which DJs have little or no...
programs encompassing other musical genres. The station also has talk shows devoted to sports, professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
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, and nerdcore. Local sports programming covers Palomar College
Palomar College
Palomar College is a community college with one campus and six education sites in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the six education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in...
football and selected high school games in the North County area.
The station also showcases local music on several shows and within the station's format. Artists perform regularly on KKSM on a variety of shows. Artists that have performed or appeared on KKSM include Ike Turner
Ike Turner
Isaac Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. In a career that lasted more than half a century, his repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk...
, Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
, Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
, Thee Corsairs, Candye Kane
Candye Kane
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, Tristan Prettyman
Tristan Prettyman
Tristan Prettyman is a singer-songwriter and former Roxy model from San Diego, California. She is signed to Virgin Records and released her first major label album Twentythree on August 2, 2005, followed by her second album Hello...x which was released on April 15, 2008...
, and others.
Guests that have been interviewed on KKSM include Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
Louis Carl "Lou" Dobbs is an American journalist, radio host, television host on the Fox Business Network, and author. He anchored CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight until November 2009 when he announced on the air that he would leave the 24-hour cable news television network.He was born in Texas and lived...
, convicted Congressman Duke Cunningham
Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham , usually known as Randy or Duke, is United States Navy veteran, convicted felon, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005.Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28,...
, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 48th, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was formerly a CEO of Directed Electronics, the Vista, California-based manufacturer of automobile security and convenience products...
, Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio , was a successful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005...
, Jay Leno
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
, Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Weinberger
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, Art Linkletter
Art Linkletter
Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years...
, Sally Ride
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman—and then-youngest American, at 32—to enter space...
, Red Buttons, director Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan
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, Angelyne
Angelyne
Angelyne is an American model and actress who ostensibly became an icon of Hollywood and Los Angeles, best known for purchasing billboards advertising herself.-Biography:...
, Graham Nash
Graham Nash
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, adult film star Mary Carey
Mary Carey
- Early life :Carey was born Mary Ellen Cook in Cleveland, Ohio to a mother with schizophrenia and a father with cerebral palsy, and she was cared for by her grandparents from the age of three months. After her parents divorced, her mother moved in with Carey and her grandparents...
, Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville
Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...
, George Carlin
George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....
, author Max Brooks
Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael "Max" Brooks is an American author and screenwriter, with a particular interest in zombies. Brooks is also a television and voice-over actor.- Early life and education :...
, Shawn Wayans, The Smothers Brothers, Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin
Frank John Gorshin, Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show...
, Marty Allen
Marty Allen
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, Lisa Moretti
Lisa Moretti
Lisa Moretti is a retired American professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 1999 and 2005 under the ring name Ivory...
(aka Ivory), Elmo Shropshire
Elmo Shropshire
Elmo Shropshire, D.V.M. , better known as Dr. Elmo, is a singer of comedy songs, most notably "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy. He re-recorded it solo in 1992 for the album Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas and again in 2000 for the...
, Mitch Miller
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive...
, Luke Ski
Luke Ski
Luke Ski is a parody, filk and rap artist who writes, records and performs comedy music. He had the #1 most requested song on the Dr...
, The Bran Flakes
The Bran Flakes
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, UFC's Joey Beltran
Joey Beltran
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and others.
History
KKSM was founded in 1976 (as KSM) and started in a closet in the former drama lab of Palomar CollegePalomar College
Palomar College is a community college with one campus and six education sites in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the six education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in...
. From 1979 until 1996, the station was only available via Cox
Cox
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cable radio
Cable radio
Cable radio or cable FM is a concept similar to that of cable television, bringing radio signals into homes and businesses via coaxial cable. It is generally used as cable TV was in its early days when it was "community antenna television", to enhance the quality of terrestrial radio signals that...
. With the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first major overhaul of United States telecommunications law in nearly 62 years, amending the Communications Act of 1934. This Act, signed by President Bill Clinton, was a major stepping stone towards the future of telecommunications, since this was the...
, local radio corporation PAR Broadcasting donated the 1320 AM signal to Palomar College. KKSM signed on as an AM station on April 1, 1996.
Famous alumni of KKSM include Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
Sports announcer Jeanne Zelasko
Jeanne Zelasko
Jeanne Zelasko is a journalist and sportscaster who took over as the pre-game host of Fox's MLB games in 2001 after the departure of Keith Olbermann until October 2008. She also covered pre-game for MLB 2K6, MLB 2K7, and MLB 2K8 alongside Steve Physioc...
, Network TV voice Erik Thompson
Erik Thompson
For other persons named Eric Thompson, see Eric Thompson .Erik Thompson is an American voice actor and television announcer.- Career :...
, TV Anchor John Gregory, longtime San Diego radio announcers AJ Machado, Meg Banta, Greg Simms, Jenn Aquino, Boy Toy Jesse along with KPBS's Alison St. John and Kenny Goldberg, adult film star and Playboy Radio
Playboy Radio
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host Kylie Ireland
Kylie Ireland
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, nerdcore rapper Zealous1
Zealous1
Beau Fa'asamala is an American rapper and producer from Oceanside, California known as ZeaLouS1. The self-proclaimed "King of the Boss Fights" and "The Sleeping Dragon of Nerdcore" started making beats, producing, and MC'ing while attending California State University, San Marcos as an Audio...
and internet personality Bob Stencil
Bob Stencil
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.
Coverage
Coverage is along a crescent-shaped area stretching in a north-south direction from San Juan CapistranoSan Juan Capistrano, California
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to La Jolla and in an east-west direction from Interstate 15
Interstate 15 in California
In the U.S. state of California, Interstate 15 is a major north–south route through the San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, and it has a length of in the state. It is a major thoroughfare for traffic between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as points beyond...
to the coast.