KNSI

KNSI is a commercial radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KCLD-FM, KZPK and KCML. KNSI is also carried on HD Radio, via KZPK-HD2.

History

The station was first licensed on December 20, 1937, and went on the air in June 4, 1938 as KFAM on 1420 kHz for a 2-day preview. Regular programming began on June 6. The call letters recalled an earlier St. Cloud station, WFAM, owned by the Times Publishing Company and the St. Cloud Daily Times, which had been first licensed in June 1922 and deleted in the summer of 1928. In 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, KFAM moved to its current frequency of 1450 kHz. On September 1948, it was joined by a sister station, KFAM-FM. The two stations were later sold to Alver Leighton in September 1975 and changed its call letters to KCLD.