KCSN
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KCSN is an FM
radio station
licensed to Northridge, Los Angeles, California
, and a service of California State University, Northridge
. Broadcasting at 88.5 MHz, KCSN previously featured classical music
, AAA and Americana music, and in-house news broadcasts by the CSUN broadcast journalism students. However, on March 1st, KCSN moved all classical music from its primary FM signal to its HD2 channel. The main FM (HD1) channel was switched to an all-Triple A (adult album alternative
) programming format without news.
The only remaining live on-air personalities on KCSN's main FM signal are volunteers who broadcast specialty programming on weekends. On June 1st, 2011, the station announced the arrival of new program director, Sky Daniels, who programmed KMET
during the final days before it went off the air. Three new DJs were introduced on July 15, 2011. They are: Jim Nelson (Monday to Saturday mornings), Meishel (weekday middays) and Sky Daniels (weekday afternoons). On July 16, 2011, KCSN became the new radio home of Nic Harcourt
(formerly of KCRW
) and his new radio program, Connections with Nic Harcourt, which airs Saturday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Students produce six minute morning news segments that air at 6:30 and 7:30 and three minute segments at 7 and 8. A nightly half hour news program called the "Evening Update" airs at 6. These news programs are heard only on the secondary HD2 channel.
KCSN's studios are located in the Valley Performing Arts Center on the CSUN campus. The station can be heard across the San Fernando Valley
, the Santa Clarita Valley
and via a booster, in the West Los Angeles area.
FM broadcasting
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Radio station
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licensed to Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Northridge, Los Angeles, California
Northridge is a community located in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.The 1994 Northridge earthquake is named for the place based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however, further refinements showed it to be technically...
, and a service of California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
. Broadcasting at 88.5 MHz, KCSN previously featured classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, AAA and Americana music, and in-house news broadcasts by the CSUN broadcast journalism students. However, on March 1st, KCSN moved all classical music from its primary FM signal to its HD2 channel. The main FM (HD1) channel was switched to an all-Triple A (adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
) programming format without news.
The only remaining live on-air personalities on KCSN's main FM signal are volunteers who broadcast specialty programming on weekends. On June 1st, 2011, the station announced the arrival of new program director, Sky Daniels, who programmed KMET
KMET
KMET was a Los Angeles radio station originally owned by Metromedia that first took to the air in June 1968 at 94.7 MHz and signed off on February 14, 1987...
during the final days before it went off the air. Three new DJs were introduced on July 15, 2011. They are: Jim Nelson (Monday to Saturday mornings), Meishel (weekday middays) and Sky Daniels (weekday afternoons). On July 16, 2011, KCSN became the new radio home of Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt was, most recently, the Music Director for Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Before joining KCRW, Harcourt worked for eight years as a news director and music director at radio station WDST in Woodstock, New York...
(formerly of KCRW
KCRW
KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. The general manager of KCRW is Jennifer Ferro...
) and his new radio program, Connections with Nic Harcourt, which airs Saturday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Students produce six minute morning news segments that air at 6:30 and 7:30 and three minute segments at 7 and 8. A nightly half hour news program called the "Evening Update" airs at 6. These news programs are heard only on the secondary HD2 channel.
KCSN's studios are located in the Valley Performing Arts Center on the CSUN campus. The station can be heard across the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
, the Santa Clarita Valley
Santa Clarita Valley
The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the Rancho San Francisco Mexican land grant...
and via a booster, in the West Los Angeles area.