KZSJ

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title: "KZSJ" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1995-establishments-in-california", "radio-stations-established-in-1995", "vietnamese-language-radio-stations-in-california", "korean-language-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "korean-american-culture-in-california", "santa-clara-county,-california"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KZSJ" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	KZSJ
city	San Martin, California
area	Santa Clara Valley
branding	Quê Hương (Homeland)
airdate
frequency	1120 kHz
language	Vietnamese, Korean
power	5,000 watts day
150 watts night
class	D
facility_id	30906
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Previous "Z" branding, San Jose
translator
owner	Bustos Media
website
licensing_authority	FCC
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| name = KZSJ | logo = | city = San Martin, California | area = Santa Clara Valley | branding = Quê Hương (Homeland) | airdate = | frequency = 1120 kHz | language = Vietnamese, Korean | power = 5,000 watts day 150 watts night | class = D | facility_id = 30906 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = Previous "Z" branding, San Jose | former_callsigns = | translator = | owner = Bustos Media | licensee = | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = | affiliations = | licensing_authority= FCC KZSJ (1120 AM) is a radio station in the United States. Licensed to San Martin, California, KZSJ serves San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley with music and talk in Vietnamese and Korean. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media. Programming is produced by Quê Hương Media.

History

Founded by Jeffrey Eustis, KZSJ had its first construction permit on January 18, 1991, with the call sign KSJI. The call letters changed to KZSJ on November 1, 1995. Later that month, KZSJ began broadcasting with a Regional Mexican music format that played genres including banda and ranchera as part of the Z-Spanish Radio Network operated by Redwood City entrepreneur Amador Bustos.

Eustis finalized a sale of KZSJ for $450,000 in late January 1996 to Bustos. KZSJ was granted its first broadcasting license on February 21, 1996.

In March 1999, KZSJ entered a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Quê Hương Inc. and changed to a Vietnamese language format. Founded in 1994 on KSJX, Quê Hương was the first 24-hour Vietnamese-language radio station outside of Vietnam. Programming on the Quê Hương radio network has included music, community events, and legal advice geared towards Vietnamese-American communities. By 2003, Bustos moved KZSJ to his Bustos Media company.

By 2003, Quê Hương Radio reached about 200,000 listeners in the San Francisco Bay Area. In July 2003, KZSJ broadcast public service announcements from the San Jose Police Department in Vietnamese expressing condolences to the family of police shooting victim Bich Cau Thi Tran. In September 2003, three relatives of dissident Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý were charged by Vietnamese officials for corresponding with Quê Hương Radio and the San Jose–based Commission for Religious Liberty in Vietnam.

Beginning around 2014, KZSJ began broadcasting Korean-language programming on weekday mornings from Santa Clara-based Hanmi Radio.

On February 1, 2018, Bustos Media obtained a construction permit for an FM translator for KZSJ. K269GX broadcasts on 101.7 MHz. The FM translator was formally licensed on April 8, 2020.

Programming

Quê Hương Radio broadcasts throughout the day. Among the local Vietnamese-language media outlets, Quê Hương is known for its stridently anti-communist viewpoint. During the late 1990s, it was a sharp critic of Việt Nam Thời Báo, a local daily newspaper, for the latter's less critical coverage of the Vietnamese government.

Technical information

KZSJ's studios are located in East San Jose. KZSJ broadcasts from a non-directional transmitter in Gilroy. By day, KZSJ is powered at 5 kilowatts, with nighttime power reduced to 150 watts as 1120 AM is a clear-channel frequency.

An FM translator for KZSJ is 101.7 K269GX in San Jose.

References

References

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6. Tran, De. (October 23, 1995). "Vietnamese play evokes hopes, conflicting perspectives: audience sees critical drama as a sign of opening in homeland, while emigres outside theater see only a symbol of their pain". San Jose Mercury News.
7. Shore, Elena. (February 20, 2003). "Quê Hu'o'ng - Radio Free Vietnam". New California Media.
8. "Ownership Report | REC Networks".
9. Marshall, Matt. (July 18, 2003). "Valuable ventures – investments in minority businesses on par with industry levels, study says: minority firms bring worthy returns". San Jose Mercury News.
10. (July 21, 2003). "Police air condolences over Vietnamese radio". San Jose Mercury News.
11. (September 10, 2003). "Relatives of dissident priest on trial". [[San Jose Mercury News]].
12. Shea, Nina. (October 1, 2003). "A People Silenced: The Vietnamese Government's Assault on the Media and Access to Information". U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
13. "Media Kit". Hanmi Radio.
14. (April 10, 2020). "FCC Daily Digest". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
15. Tran, De. (March 4, 1998). "Ethnic press gets hot: Vietnamese-language papers on rise in Valley". San Jose Mercury News.
16. "Que Huong Media". Facebook.
17. "KZSJ". FCC Data.
18. "K269GX-FM 101.7 MHz - San Jose, CA".

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