KZSB

KZSB

Santa Barbara, California
Frequency	1290 (kHz)
Programming
Format	Local News/Talk
Affiliations	BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner	Lazer Broadcasting (Lazer Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date	March 2, 1962
Former call signs	KACL (1962–1974) KKIO (1974–1982) KXXN (1982–1984) KESP (1984–1991) KKSB (1991–1995) KZBN (1995–2005) KRNP (2005)
Call sign meaning	A portmanteau of: KZBN and KKSB (former callsigns)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57731
Class	D
Power	500 watts (day) 114 watts (night)
Translator(s)	96.9 MHz K245DD (Santa Barbara)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	http://am1290kzsb.com

KZSB (1290 AM) is a commercial radio station in Santa Barbara, California. Known as "The Santa Barbara News-Press Radio Station", it airs a local news/talk radio format, mainly using reporters and correspondents of the News-Press, with people from the community invited to host weekly one-hour informational shows. Despite the name, KZSB is not actually owned by the newspaper. The station also carries BBC World Service reports at the top of each hour, with BBC programming also heard nights and weekends.

From 1995 to 2005, the station was owned by comedy actor Bob Newhart before being sold to Santa Barbara Broadcasting, Inc. and adopting its current format.