KSAO (93.9 FM) is an American

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licensed to serve the

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San Angelo, Texas San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

. The station's

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is held by Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. KSAO broadcasts a

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to the

area. The station was assigned the

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"KCRN-FM" by the

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(FCC) on September 9, 1991. Starting on March 19, 2014, KCRN-FM dropped its local origination programming to simulcast from

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-based sister station

KCBI KCBI (90.9 MHz) is a listener-supported FM radio station, licensed to Dallas and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. It airs a Christian radio format and is owned by First Dallas Media Inc. (FDMI) The station plays Contemp ...

, now rebranded as KCBI Radio Network. The stations are positioning as "encouraging music & words of hope for Central and West Texas and Southern Oklahoma". It is possible that the

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area might join in the simulcast as KSYE changed its callsign to

KCBK KCBK is a Southern Gospel station licensed to Frederick, Oklahoma, broadcasting on 91.5 MHz FM. The station serves the areas of Lawton, Oklahoma and Wichita Falls, Texas and is owned by South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcasting, Inc. ...

.KCBI Dallas Begins San Angelo Simulcast
- ''Radio Insight'' (Published March 19, 2014) Effective September 7, 2018, KCRN-FM, sister station KCRN, and translator K232FG were sold by First Dallas Media to Houston Christian Broadcasters for $205,000. The station changed its call sign to KSAO the same day.

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