KCSJ
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KCSJ
| logo =
| city = Pueblo, Colorado
| country = US
| area = Southern Colorado
| branding = NewsTalk 590 KCSJ
| airdate = August 1947
| frequency = 590 kHz
| format = News/talk
| power = 1,000 watts
| class = B
| facility_id = 53846
| coordinates = {{coord|38|21|30|N|104|38|13|W}}
| callsign_meaning = Chieftain-Star Journal (newspaper, former owner)
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations = {{ubl|Premiere Networks|Compass Media Networks|Fox News Radio|NBC News Radio}}
| owner = iHeartMedia, Inc.
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = KBPL, KCCY-FM, KIBT, KKLI, KPHT, KUBE, KVUU
| webcast = {{iHeartRadio|590-kcsj-4814}}
| website = {{URL|https://590kcsj.iheart.com/}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
KCSJ (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, and serving Southern Colorado. The station is owned by iHeartMedia with the license held by iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a news/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 with 1,000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna.{{Cite web | url=http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KCSJ-AM&h=N | title=KCSJ-AM Radio Station Coverage Map }}
Programming
KCSJ carries mostly nationally syndicated shows from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Sean Hannity Show, The Joe Pags Show, The Jesse Kelly Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. From KHOW in Denver, Dan Caplis is heard in afternoon drive time.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, guns, home repair and technology. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, At Home with Gary Sullivan, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Tom Gresham's Gun Talk, The Ben Ferguson Show and Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with an update from iHeart's "24/7 News".
History
The station first signed on the air in August 1947. It has kept the same call sign over its long history.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-34. Retrieved Dec. 24, 2024.] KCSJ 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. In its early years, it was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. Its studios were on West 5th Street in Pueblo.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1950/RADIO%20&%20TV%20ALL%20YB%201950%20B&W-11.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 102. Retrieved Dec. 24, 2024]
Later it was bought by American Media and today is owned by iHeartMedia. Through the 1960s and 1970s, it played middle of the road music (MOR) as well as airing news, farm reports and sports. In the 1980s and 1990s, it moved to a full service adult contemporary format coupled with talk shows and news, transitioning to all talk and news by 2000.
Before its dependence on syndicated programming, KCSJ was once home to Cliff Hendrix and Rich Goodwin (convicted of the contract killing of his business partner Tom Turcotte in 1977).
References
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External links
{{AM station data|53846|KCSJ}}
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=36849 FCC History Cards for KCSJ]
{{Pueblo Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Colorado}}
{{IHeartMedia}}
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Category:Radio stations established in 1947
Category:1947 establishments in Colorado