Christian Satellite Network (CSN) International is a
Christian radio network based in
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 census. In the Magic Valley region, Twin Falls is the largest city in a radius, and is the regiona ...
. KAWZ, 89.9
MHz
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, in Twin Falls is the uplink station, feeding 337
broadcast translator
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...
s nationwide and 42 full-power radio stations across the United States, including
Alaska
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and the
Hawaiian Islands.
CSN is a non-profit organization and operates non-profit stations.
History
KAWZ began broadcasting on April 3, 1988 (
Easter Sunday
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), with Pastor Mike Kestler as its founder.
The network was launched on April 26, 1995, broadcasting Christian radio over satellite from KAWZ in Twin Falls.
The first satellite-fed translator to begin receiving the network from KAWZ was in
Yucca Valley
Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 as of the 2010 census. Yucca Valley lies west of Twentynine Palms, north of Palm Springs, south of Barstow via State Route ...
,
California
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, and within six months the network had dozens of translators.
It was originally known as the Calvary Satellite Network.
By 1999, the network had grown to include 153 stations and translators, and by 2004 it had grown to approximately 400 stations and translators across the United States.
In 2007, an agreement was reached between the Twin Falls, Idaho based network and parties associated with
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa is a Christian megachurch located near the boundary between the cities of Costa Mesa and Santa Ana in Orange County. Although the church takes its name from its original facilities on the Costa Mesa side of the bounda ...
where the Twin Falls, Idaho based network kept 424 of the network's 457 stations and translators, but could no longer use
Calvary Chapel
Calvary Chapel is an association of evangelical churches, maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs.
Beginning in 1965 in Southern California, this fellowship of chur ...
branding. Most of the stations received by the parties associated with Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa were sold to the
Calvary Radio Network
Calvary Radio Network is a network of Christian radio stations in the Midwestern United States, broadcasting Christian talk and teaching programs as well as contemporary Christian music. The network is based in Valparaiso, Indiana.
History
In 200 ...
the following year.
Board members
Board members of the Christian Satellite Network (CSN) and its parent company, Christian Broadcasting of Idaho, are Pastor Mike Kestler and Ariel Kestler. Mike Kestler is pastor of The River Christian Fellowship, a nondenominational church in Twin Falls.
Programming
CSN International airs a variety of
Christian talk and teaching programs, such as: ''A New Beginning'' with
Greg Laurie, ''
Jay Sekulow
Jay Alan Sekulow (; born June 10, 1956) is an American lawyer, radio, television talk show host and politically conservative media personality. He has been chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) since 1991. As a member of Pr ...
Live'', ''Family Talk'' with
James Dobson
James Clayton Dobson Jr.
(born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FOTF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influentia ...
, ''Love Worth Finding'' with
Adrian Rogers, ''Thru the Bible'' with Dr.
J. Vernon McGee
John Vernon McGee (June 17, 1904 – December 1, 1988) was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor, Bible teacher, theologian, and radio minister.
Biography Childhood, education, and early ministry
McGee was born in Hillsboro, Tex ...
, ''Truth For Life'' with
Alistair Begg, and ''Turning Point'' with
David Jeremiah
David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San ...
. CSN International also airs a variety of
Christian contemporary music.
Stations
CSN international is heard on 42 radio stations in the United States.
Notes:
Translators
CSN International is relayed by many additional translators nationwide.
References
External links
CSN InternationalCSN webcastTo Every Man An AnswerThe River Christian Fellowship - home of CSN InternationalKEFX Christian rock "sister" station to CSN International
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Christian radio stations in the United States
American radio networks
Radio stations established in 1995
1995 establishments in Idaho
Radio broadcasting companies of the United States