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| name = | image = KTSN SunRadio100.1 logo.png | image_size = 200px | city = Austin, Texas | area = Austin-San Marcos-Round Rock metropolitan area | branding = Sun Radio | slogan = "The best music under the sun." | airdate = 1927 | frequency = | translator = See "Sun Radio Network Rebroadcasters" chart | format = Adult Album Alternative - Americana | power = 1,000 watts | erp = | class = C | facility_id = 41211 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = Texas S u N | former_callsigns = KGDR (1926-1929) KUT (1929-1932) KNOW (1932-1988) KEYI (1986-1988) KEYU (1988-1989) KNOW (1989-1993) KFON (1993-2012) KLGO (2012-2014) KTAE (2014-2017) | former_frequencies = 1500 kHz (-1941) | owner = Township Media, LLC DBA The Sun Radio Network | licensee = | webcast = Listen Live | website = sunradio.com | affiliations = | sister_stations = see "Sun Radio Network Rebroadcasters" chart }} KTSN (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Austin, Texas. While KTSN is commercially licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it is the flagship station of the non-commercial listener-supported "Sun Radio Network" and does not air advertisements. The station is owned by Daryl O'Neal, CEO of Township Media DBA The Sun Radio Network. The network airs a mix of adult album alternative and Americana music, along with other genres such as progressive country, blues and folk music. KTSN is the oldest radio station in Austin still on the air today. It is powered at 1,000 watts, with its transmitter on Tillery Street at East 4th Street in Austin.[1] The studios and offices are in the Hill Country Galleria Mall on Hill Country Boulevard at State Highway 71 in Bee Cave.[2] The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air to support Sun Radio. FM SignalsSun Radio rebroadcasts on numerous FM outlets, including translator stations, plus a low power (LP) station and an HD radio subchannel, all located around Central Texas. Most are owned by the Sun Radio Network or a co-owned subsidiary. But KDRP-LP 103.1 MHz in Dripping Springs is owned by the Principle Broadcasting Foundation. Sun Radio also leases the HD3 subchannel of KLZT 107.1 in Bastrop, which is owned by Emmis Communications. There is also a service agreement to provide underwriting sales for KOWO-LP 104.1 MHz, in Wimberley, operating as Wimberley Texan Radio. The Sun Radio Network has two construction permits for new stations, one for 96.3 KTHE, a 25,000 watt FM station in Llano, to cover the Upper Highland Lakes, and KMSN 104.1 MHz, a 25,000 watt FM station in Mason, to cover the western portion of the Texas Hill Country to the Edwards Plateau. MissionSun Radio's mission is to preserve the culture of Texas music with a minimal impact on the environment. Sun Radio creates and distributes solar-powered radio programming to non-commercial member stations with a focus on Texas artists and Americana music. They help foster new radio broadcasting careers for the residents of the Texas Hill Country and provide 24-hour a day, local radio for the communities they serve. Proceeds are used to expand local programming, in the creation of local jobs, as support for other non-profit organizations, to broadcast local musicians and events, and to fund new capital projects designed to increase the coverage area. HistoryOn December 7, 1926, the station's first license was granted, with the sequentially issued call sign of KGDR. It was owned by a company named "Radio Engineers" and broadcast in San Antonio, Texas.[3] In December 1929, the station was renamed KUT and moved to Austin.[4] That was followed by a call letter change to KNOW on January 26, 1932.[5] KNOW was owned by the KUT Broadcasting Company.[6] It broadcast at only 100 watts, on 1000 kilocycles. The original KUT moved to Houston and later became KTRH. Today, the KUT call letters are found on the University of Texas' public radio station at 90.5, an affiliate of National Public Radio. In the 1940s, KNOW moved to its current dial position at 1490 kHz, with the power at 250 watts.[7] It served as Austin's ABC Radio Network affiliate, carrying ABC's schedule of dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio." In 1949, KNOW was acquired by the Pioneer Broadcasting Company. In the 1950s, it boosted its daytime power to 1,000 watts and remained at 250 watts at night. In the 1960s, it switched to a Top 40 sound. As contemporary music listening shifted to the FM band in the 1980s, KNOW decided to serve Austin's growing African American community. It flipped to an urban contemporary format. That was coupled with Hicks Communications acquiring the station in 1981.[8] In 1989, KNOW was sold again, this time to Degree Communications, which switched the format to Oldies.[9] In 1996, the station changed hands again, this time being acquired by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications. The call letters were switched to KFON and the format became talk radio {with FON standing for "phone"). It later shifted to sports talk. In 2005, the station was acquired by Border Media Partners, which owned other stations in Texas, several serving the Latino community. KFON switched to a Classic Regional Mexican music format.[10] There were further call letter changes to KLGO and KTAE, before the current owner Township Media switched the call sign to KTSN, standing for The Sun Network. Sun Radio Network Rebroadcasters
References1. ^[https://radio-locator.com/info/KTSN-AM Radio-Locator.com/KTSN] 2. ^SunRadio.com/about-us 3. ^[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221818;view=1up;seq=214 "New Stations: Broadcasting Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1926, page 4. 4. ^[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221819;view=1up;seq=64 "Alterations and Corrections: Broadcasting Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, page 8. At the same time the original KUT in Austin was renamed KTRH and moved to Houston, Texas. 5. ^[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221819;view=1up;seq=621 "Alterations and Corrections: Broadcasting Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, January 30, 1932, page 21. 6. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1935/Stations-by-State-Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201935%20Complete.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 58] 7. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1950/RADIO%20&%20TV%20NE-Ter%20YB%201950%20B&W-11.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 285] 8. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1985/B-Radio-NE-to-Ter-B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1985.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1985 page B-256] 9. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-Radio-NE-Terr-BC-YB-1990.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-295] 10. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D3-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-514] External links
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