KSBS-FM (92.1 FM) is Samoa's first commercial FM

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music. KSBS-FM broadcasts religious programming on Sunday mornings as well as hourly news from the

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Pago Pago, American Samoa Pago Pago ( ; Samoan: )Harris, Ann G. and Esther Tuttle (2004). ''Geology of National Parks''. Kendall Hunt. Page 604. . is the territorial capital of American Samoa. It is in Maoputasi County on Tutuila, which is American Samoa's main island. ...

, it serves the general American Samoa area. Also known as "Island 92", KSBS-FM is owned by Samoa Technologies. The station was assigned the KSBS-FM call letters by the

on April 6, 1988.

History of call letters

The call letters KSBS were earlier assigned to an FM station in Kansas City, Kansas, which began broadcasting October 5, 1947. It operated on 105.9 MHz and was licensed to Sunflower Broadcasting System Incorporated.

References

External links

Samoa Technologies
corporate website
KSBS-FM Island 92
KSBS-FM Island 92 website * * * SBS Jazz radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1988 Easy listening radio stations Pago Pago 1988 establishments in American Samoa {{Christian-radio-station-stub