KKSM

KKSM

Oceanside, California United States
Broadcast area	North County San Diego
Frequency	1320 kHz
Programming
Format	Alternative rock, freeform
Ownership
Owner	Palomar College
History
First air date	1956
Former call signs	KSLR (1956–1958) KUDE (1958–1983) KEZL (1983–1985) KNNC (1985–1986) KGMG (1986–1994) KKLQ (1994–1996)
Call sign meaning	SM for San Marcos
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51506
Class	B
Power	500 watts
Transmitter coordinates	33°12′08″N 117°20′17″W / 33.20222°N 117.33806°W / 33.20222; -117.33806
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.palomar.edu/kksm

KKSM (1320 AM) is a college radio station broadcasting full-time at 1320 kHz from the campus of Palomar College in San Marcos, California, United States. The station, licensed to nearby Oceanside, simulcasts via Cox Cable channel 957 and streams via the internet. Its format includes freeform programs, alternative rock music, and local sports and talk shows; students make up the on-air staff and handle most of the station's operations.

Palomar began broadcasting on 1320 kHz in 1996, when it was donated the former KKLQ AM. The facility had been in Oceanside since 1956 under various call letters and formats, the longest-lasting call sign being KUDE. Palomar's radio program began with the establishment of carrier current and later cable radio station "KSM" in 1976. In 2016, the station operated on a $10,000 budget from the college.^[2]