KSON

KSON (97.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station, founded in 1964, is owned by Entercom and the broadcast license is held by Entercom San Diego License, LLC. The station's studios are located in San Diego's Mission Valley neighborhood, and the transmitter is located in East San Diego in the Emerald Hills neighborhood.

KSON broadcasts a country music format. KSON simulcasts their FM programming at 92.1 FM in Escondido, California.

The station was most recently assigned the KSON call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 1, 2009.

On December 8, 2014, Entercom announces that it was purchasing Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup (including KSON) in a $106.5 million deal, and would operate the outlets under a LMA deal until the sale was approved by the FCC. The sale was consummated on July 17, 2015.

Awards

In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets Country music Radio & Records magazine station of the year award . Other nominees included WUSN Chicago, KYGO-FM Denver, WYCD Detroit, KEEY-FM Minneapolis, and WXTU Philadelphia.

KNSN

KNSN (1240 AM, "K-Brite") is a radio station licensed to serve San Diego, California, USA. The station is owned by Donald Crawford's Crawford Broadcasting, through licensee Kiertron, Inc.

From 2009 until late-July 2014, it broadcast a Spanish language Catholic format as ESNE Radio when it moved to its current home on KURS 1630 AM.

History

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 was simulcast with KSON-FM 97.3. KNSN 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 200 feet. It had been 442 feet. The station was sold to Multicultural Broadcasting Inc. on June 1, 2009.

On May 22, 2014, Crawford Broadcasting announced they would acquire KNSN for $1.5 million through licensee Kiertron, Inc. The sale was consummated on July 25, 2014. KNSN went silent in late-July 2014 in preparation for a new format under Crawford Broadcasting ownership. As a result, ESNE Radio moved to KURS.