KTSN (AM)

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Field	Value
name	KTSN
logo	KTSN SunRadio100.1 logo.png
city	Lockhart, Texas
area	Austin metropolitan area
branding	Sun Radio
frequency	1060 kHz
repeaters	See § Repeaters
airdate
format	Adult album alternative; Americana
power	2,000 watts days only
class	D
facility_id	34430
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
callsign_meaning	"Sun"
former_callsigns
owner	Daryl O'Neal
licensee	Township Media, LLC
sister_stations	See § Repeaters, KJFK
webcast	Listen Live
website	www.sunradio.com
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KTSN (1060 kHz) is a daytimer AM radio station licensed to Lockhart, Texas, and serving the Austin metropolitan area. It is owned by Township Media, LLC, a non-profit organization. KTSN broadcasts a hybrid radio format of adult album alternative and Americana, branded as "Sun Radio". The studios and offices are on Manchaca Road in Austin. Sun Radio seeks listener donations on the air and on its website.

KTSN broadcasts at 2,000 watts. As 1060 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations XECPAE in Mexico City and KYW in Philadelphia, KTSN must go off the air at night to avoid interference. Programming is heard on a network of FM translators and repeater stations around the Texas Hill Country.

Mission

Sun Radio's mission, according to the website, is to preserve the culture of Texas music with a minimal impact on the environment. It helps foster new radio broadcasting careers for the residents of the Texas Hill Country and provides 24-hour a day, free local radio for communities in Central Texas.

Proceeds from donations are used to expand local programming, in the creation of local jobs, as support for other non-profit organizations, to broadcast local musicians and events, and in funding new capital projects to maintain its network of radio stations.

History

Lockhart's first radio station signed on the air on March 15, 1967, as KHRB. It was owned by Heath–Reasoner Broadcasters (Dan Heath of Lockhart and Marion Reasoner of Fort Worth) and operated with 250 watts. Radio Caldwell County acquired the station in 1973 and changed the call sign to KCLT. Triple R Broadcasting purchased it in 1979.

The station was assigned the call letters KHJK on November 8, 1983. On February 9, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KFIT.

The station operated as a 250-watt daytimer located in Lockhart for many years. Mike Venditti, working with consultant Don Werlinger (one time principal of KFCC in Bay City, Texas) worked to relocate the station to the three-tower, 2,000-watt operation it is today. Upon moving closer to Austin, the station adopted a Christian and secular talk format format.

On May 29, 2022, following the acquisition of the station by Township Media, KFIT began originating the adult album alternative and Americana "Sun Radio" format previously found on KTSN (1490 AM), now KJFK), feeding K261DW (100.1 FM) among other signals. The "Sun Radio" programming replaced gospel music on KFIT. AM 1060 and AM 1490 swapped call signs on June 3, 2022.

Repeaters

Sun Radio rebroadcasts on numerous FM outlets, including translator stations, plus a low power (LP) station and an HD radio subchannel, all located around Central Texas. Most are owned by the Sun Radio Network or a co-owned subsidiary. KDRP-LP 103.1 MHz in Dripping Springs is owned by Principle Broadcasting Foundation. Sun Radio also leases the HD3 subchannel of KLZT 107.1 in Bastrop, which is owned by Sinclair Telecable Inc. and operates under the name Waterloo Media.

There is also a service agreement to provide underwriting sales for KOWO-LP 104.1 MHz, in Wimberley, operating as Wimberley Texan Radio. Mary López owns a translator associated with this station before its switch to Sun Radio.

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Location	Frequency	Call sign	Effective radiated power	Height above average terrain	Ownership	Notes
Austin, Texas	100.1 MHz	K261DW	99 watts	373.8 m	Sun Radio Network
San Marcos, Texas	99.9 MHz	K260CB	250 watts	46.8 m	Sun Radio Network
Luckenbach, Texas	106.9 MHz	K295CK	62 watts	94 m	Sun Radio Network
Dripping Springs, Texas	103.1 MHz	KDRP-LP	5 watts	137 m	Principle Broadcasting Foundation
Blowout, Texas	88.9 MHz	KTSN-FM	125 watts	135 m	Sun Radio Network
Gonzales, Texas	88.1 MHz	KCTI-FM	1,300 watts	117 m	Sun Radio Network
Mason, Texas	104.1 MHz	KMSN	25,000 watts	96 m	Sun Radio Network
Bastrop, Texas	107.1 MHz	KLZT-HD3	49,000 watts	152 m	Waterloo Media Group	Sun Radio Network leases the HD3 subchannel.
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References

(March 15, 1967). "Radio Station KHRB Signs On in Lockhart". The Austin American.
"History Cards for KTSN". [[Federal Communications Commission]]}} ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards.
(April 5, 1979). "Radio station changes hands". Lockhart Post-Register.
"KTSN Call Sign History". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
Herndon, John. (May 28, 1989). "New Christian-information station does the talking". Austin American-Statesman.
(May 29, 2022). "Jack Arrives To Challenge Bob In Austin".

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