KCSJ

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KCSJ
Broadcast area Southern Colorado
Frequency 590 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 590 KCSJ
Programming
Format News/Talk
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Compass Media Networks
Fox News Radio
NBC News Radio
Ownership
Owner
KBPL, KCCY-FM, KIBT, KKLI, KPHT, KUBE, KVUU
History
First air date
August 1947
Call sign meaning
Chieftain-Star Journal (newspaper, former owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53846
Class B
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 38°21′30″N104°38′13″W / 38.35833°N 104.63694°W / 38.35833; -104.63694
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 590kcsj.iheart.com

KCSJ (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving Southern Colorado. The station is owned by iHeartMedia with the license held by iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a news/talk radio format. The studios and offices are on West 24th Street in Pueblo and the transmitter is off Quartz Street in Pueblo West, Colorado. KCSJ broadcasts with 1,000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna. [2]

Contents

Programming

KCSJ carries mostly nationally syndicated shows from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Sean Hannity Show, The Joe Pags Show, The Jesse Kelly Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal . From KHOW in Denver, Dan Caplis is heard in afternoon drive time.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, guns, home repair and technology. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, At Home with Gary Sullivan, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Tom Gresham's Gun Talk, The Ben Ferguson Show and Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham . Most hours begin with an update from iHeart's "24/7 News."

History

The station first signed on the air in August 1947;77 years ago. It has kept the same call sign over its long history. [3] It was owned by the local daily newspaper, the Chieftain-Star Journal (now The Pueblo Chieftain ). The station still carries the call letters which refer to the newspaper. In its early years, it was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. Its studios were on West 5th Street in Pueblo. [4]

Later it was bought by American Media and today is owned by iHeartMedia. Through the 1960s and 1970s, it played middle of the road music (MOR) as well as airing news, farm reports and sports. In the 1980s and 1990s, it moved to a full service adult contemporary format coupled with talk shows and news, transitioning to all talk and news by 2000.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCSJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KCSJ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-34. Retrieved Dec. 24, 2024.]
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 102. Retrieved Dec. 24, 2024
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