KNSI

KNSI
St. Cloud, Minnesota;
Frequency	1450 kHz
Branding	NewsTalk 1450 KNSI
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Leighton Broadcasting
Sister stations	KCLD-FM, KCML, KZPK
History
First air date	1948
Former call signs	KFAM (1948-1981); KNSI (1981-1988); KCLD (1988-1990)
Call sign meaning	K News Sports Information
Technical information
Facility ID	37002
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts day and night
Translator(s)	103.3 K277BS (St. Cloud)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1450knsi.com

KNSI (1450 AM/103.3 FM) is a commercial radio station based in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KCLD.

Programming

KNSI has a variety of news and talk programming dealing with news, current events, politics, sports, and more. Its signature live and local show is Ox In The Afternoon which airs weekday afternoons from 2-5 PM. KNSI also airs many syndicated talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Dave Ramsey.

In the summer of 2006 it was announced that KNSI would become the broadcast station of SCSU football and men's and women's basketball while continuing the broadcasting of men's hockey beginning with the 2006-2007 seasons. In 2014, the station announced that Husky Hockey coverage would move to sister station KCML for the 2014-15 season while KNSI broadcasts men's and women's basketball.^[1]

The station carried the KCLD call sign from 1975 to 1990. The station is rebroadcast on translator K277BS (103.3 FM).

History

The station began broadcasting as KFAM, which was owned by the St. Cloud Daily Times.^[2] It and sister station KFAM-FM were sold to Alvar Leighton in 1975.^[3]

References

^ "St. Cloud State Athletics Radio Coverage Changes for 2014-15". scsuhuskies.com. August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
^ "KFAM-FM Is Launched; Duplicates KFAM Shows" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ Lindblad, Sister Owen (October 1987). "On the Air: The 'Voice of Central Minnesota'" (PDF). Escape to the Minnesota Good Times. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

External links

KNSI website
Leighton Broadcasting
KNSI in the FCC AM station database
KNSI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
K277BS in the FCC FM station database
K277BS at FCCdata.org

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

[1] "St. Cloud State Athletics Radio Coverage Changes for 2014-15". scsuhuskies.com. August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-26.

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

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

[1]

[2]

[3]