KNSI

Radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota

For the airport with the ICAO code KNSI, see Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island.

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; 87 years ago (1938)
Former call signs	KFAM (1938–1975) KCLD (1975–1981) KNSI (1981–1988) KCLD (1988–1990)
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	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

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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

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^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.