KLSD
Radio station in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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KLSD (1360 AM) is a broadcast radio station in San Diego, California. Owned by iHeartMedia, KLSD broadcasts a conservative talk format branded "The Patriot AM 1360".
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Broadcast area | San Diego–Tijuana |
Frequency | 1360 kHz |
Branding | The Patriot AM 1360 |
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Language(s) | English |
Format | Talk |
Network | CBS News Radio |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks Radio America Westwood One |
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KGB, KGB-FM, KHTS-FM, KIOZ, KMYI, KOGO, KSSX | |
History | |
First air date | July 14, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-07-14) (as KFBC) |
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Call sign meaning | "Liberal San Diego" (refers to a previous progressive talk format) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 34452 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Translator(s) | 103.3 K277DH (San Diego) |
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Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | patriot1360 |
Founded in 1922 with call sign KFBC, KLSD is San Diego's oldest licensed radio station. For much of its early history, it had the call sign KGB from 1928 to 1982. Art Linkletter was an announcer and later station manager for KGB radio in the 1930s. During the KGB era, the station had different music formats, including top 40 from 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1982, album-oriented rock from 1972 to 1974.
Beginning in the 1980s, KGB had several changes in identity and management. The station became KCNN in 1982 with a 24-hour simulcast of CNN, then a newly founded news cable channel. After one year, KCNN changed its call sign to KPQP in 1983 and its format to adult standards; this format would last nearly 20 years and include another call sign change to KPOP in 1986. The station had been locally owned throughout its history until 1996, when it was purchased by Nationwide Communications, predecessor to iHeartMedia. Then in 2004, the station joined Air America Radio, a startup liberal talk radio network, and became KLSD. The liberal talk format stayed for three years. KLSD then had a sports format affiliated with Fox Sports Radio from 2007 to 2022. KLSD and a KGB station with a different frequency swapped formats in 2022, resulting in KLSD picking up its current conservative talk programming.
Now a CBS News Radio affiliate, KLSD has a schedule with primarily nationally syndicated shows including The Glenn Beck Program, The Mark Levin Show, and The Jesse Kelly Show.