KSBS-FM
City | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
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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 | |
Facility ID | 58760 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 15,000 watts |
HAAT | -28 meters (-91 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 14°17′41″S 170°39′44″W / 14.29472°S 170.66222°W |
Links | |
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 BBC, NPR, VOA, 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.[2] Also known as "Island 92", KSBS-FM is owned by Samoa Technologies.
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.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Samoa (American). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. p. 344. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
- ^ "New Kansas City, Kan., FM Outlet Names Staff" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
External links[]
- Samoa Technologies corporate website
- KSBS-FM Island 92 KSBS-FM Island 92 website
- KSBS in the FCC FM station database
- KSBS on Radio-Locator
- KSBS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio stations in American Samoa
- Jazz radio stations in the United States
- Christian radio stations in American Samoa
- Radio stations established in 1988
- United States insular area radio station stubs
- Christian radio station stubs