KCSJ

KCSJ (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving Southern Colorado. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and licensed as iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a 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 at 1000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna.[1]

KCSJ
CityPueblo, Colorado
Broadcast areaSouthern Colorado
Frequency590 kHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNewsTalk 590 KCSJ
SloganPueblo's News Radio
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Compass Media Networks
Fox News Radio
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
KDZA, KPHT
History
First air date
August 1947
Call sign meaning
K Chieftain-Star Journal (newspaper, former owner)
Technical information
Facility ID53846
ClassB
Power1,000 watts (Unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
38°21′30″N 104°38′13″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteOfficial Website

KCSJ carries mostly nationally syndicated programs from co-owned Premiere Networks. They include Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Meghan McCain and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal from Compass Media Networks airs early on weekday mornings. Former FEMA official Michael Brown is heard on weekday afternoons from fellow iHeart station 630 KHOW Denver. Most hours begin with Fox News Radio.

History

The station first signed on in August 1947 as KCSJ and has kept the same call sign over its long history.[2] 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. Later it was bought by American Media and today is owned by iHeartMedia. Through the 1960s and 70s, it played Middle of The Road music as well as news, farming and information shows. In the 80s and 90s, it moved to adult contemporary music coupled with talk shows and news, transitioning to all talk and news by 2000.

References
  1. http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KCSJ-AM&h=N
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-34


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