KSBS-FM

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KSBS-FM
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Broadcast area American Samoa
Frequency 92.1 MHz
Programming
Format Polynesian-easy listening with jazz
Ownership
Owner Samoa Technologies, Inc.
History
First air date
April 14, 1988
Former call signs
KASN-FM [1]
Call sign meaning
"Samoa Broadcasting System"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 58760
Class C3
ERP 15,000 watts
HAAT −28 meters (−92 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
14°17′41″S170°39′44″W / 14.29472°S 170.66222°W / -14.29472; -170.66222
Links
Public license information
Website http://www.ksbsfm92.com/

KSBS-FM (92.1 FM) is Samoa's first commercial FM radio station broadcasting a variety format including local Polynesian, oldies, easy listening music. KSBS-FM broadcasts religious programming on Sunday mornings as well as hourly news from the BBC World Service, NPR, Voice of America, Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand International. Licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to Pago Pago, American Samoa, it serves the general American Samoa area. [3] Also known as "Island 92", KSBS-FM is owned by Samoa Technologies.

Contents

The station was assigned the KSBS-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 6, 1988. [1]

History of call letters

The call letters KSBS were earlier assigned to an FM station in Kansas City, Kansas, which began broadcasting October 5, 1947. It operated on 105.9 MHz and was licensed to Sunflower Broadcasting System Incorporated. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for KSBS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Samoa (American). Billboard Books. p. 344. ISBN   978-0-8230-5997-3.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. "New Kansas City, Kan., FM Outlet Names Staff" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved 18 October 2014.