KSON (FM)

For the San Diego, California, radio station at 1240 AM formerly known as KSON, see KNSN (AM). For the San Diego, California, radio station at 97.3 FM formerly known as KSON-FM or KSON, see KWFN.
KSON
Broadcast areaGreater San Diego
Frequency103.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding103.7 KSON
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatCountry music
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 1965 (1965-02)[1]
Former call signs
  • KSDO-FM (1965–71)
  • KOZN-FM (1971–79)
  • KJQY (1979–95)
  • KMKX (1995–96)
  • KPLN (1996–2005)
  • KSCF (2005–12)
  • KEGY (2012–17)
Call sign meaning
From the 97.3 frequency's original AM sister station KSON (now KNSN); likely a homonym for "sun"
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59816
ClassB
ERP26,500 watts
HAAT210 meters (690 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°50′20″N 117°14′59″W / 32.8389°N 117.2498°W / 32.8389; -117.2498
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/kson

KSON (103.7 FM, "103-7 KSON") is a commercial radio station licensed to San Diego, California. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts a country music format.

The station's current call letters and programming originate from a sister station now known as KWFN. Following Entercom (now Audacy)'s merger with CBS Radio, the new sister stations swapped signals to improve KSON's reach following the divestment of its former simulcast partner on 92.1 FM. Prior to its current format, the station had aired beautiful music, top 40, various adult contemporary formats, and classic rock formats, as well as CBS Radio's ultimately unsuccessful hot talk format Free FM.

KSON broadcasts in the HD Radio format; its second subchannel formerly featured a legendary country format branded as Nashville Legends.

  1. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1972. Broadcasting. 1972. p. B-27. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSON". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.