KNSN
Encyclopedia
KNSN is a radio station
licensed
to serve San Diego, California
, USA. The station is owned by Multi Cultural Broadcasting Inc.
It broadcasts a Spanish Music format.
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 simulcast
ed with KSON-FM
97.3. KSON 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 five hundred feet. The station was sold to Multicultural Broadcasting Inc. on June 1, 2009.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
, USA. The station is owned by Multi Cultural Broadcasting Inc.
It broadcasts a Spanish Music format.
History
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
radio station, having that format from January 2007 until July 2007. Prior to that format, it had been a KidStar Radio affiliate
Affiliate
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from July 24, 1996, but that radio network was short-lived and merged with Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
. Before that, KSON had a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format that simulcast
Simulcast
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ed with KSON-FM
KSON
KSON is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station, founded in 1964, is owned by Lincoln Financial Media and the broadcast license is held by Lincoln Financial Media Company of California....
97.3. KSON shares its antenna with KURS
KURS
KURS 1040am is an Regional Mexican radio station in San Diego, California. It flipped to its current format last month.the station is owned by Quetzal Bilingual Communications Inc.-History:...
. 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 five hundred feet. The station was sold to Multicultural Broadcasting Inc. on June 1, 2009.