KSBS-FM

KSBS-FM (92.1 FM) is Samoa's first commercial FM radio station broadcasting a variety format including local Polynesian, oldies, easy listening music. KSBS-FM broadcasts religious programming on Sunday mornings as well as hourly news from BBC, NPR, VOA, Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand International. Licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to Pago Pago, American Samoa, it serves the general American Samoa area.[2] Also known as "Island 92", KSBS-FM is owned by Samoa Technologies.

KSBS-FM
CityPago Pago, American Samoa
Broadcast areaAmerican Samoa
Slogan"The station that belongs to you!"
Frequency92.1 MHz
First air dateApril 14, 1988
FormatPolynesian-easy listening with jazz
ERP15,000 watts
HAAT-28 meters (-91 feet)
ClassC3
Facility ID58760
Transmitter coordinates14°17′41″S 170°39′44″W
Call sign meaningSamoa Broadcasting System
Former call signsKASN-FM[1]
OwnerSamoa Technologies, Inc.
Websitehttp://www.ksbsfm92.com/

The station was assigned the KSBS-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 6, 1988.[1]

History of call letters

The call letters KSBS were earlier assigned to an FM station in Kansas City, Kansas, which began broadcasting October 5, 1947. It operated on 105.9 MHz and was licensed to Sunflower Broadcasting System Incorporated.[3]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Samoa (American). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. p. 344. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
  3. "New Kansas City, Kan., FM Outlet Names Staff" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved 18 October 2014.


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