KCSB-FM
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| Broadcast area | Santa Barbara, California |
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| Branding | Independent |
| Frequency | 91.9 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1962 |
| Format | Non-commercial/Eclectic |
| ERP | 620 watts |
| HAAT | 879 metres (2,884 feet) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 69081 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°31′31″N 119°57′29″W / 34.525278°N 119.958056°W |
| Callsign meaning | Community Service Broadcasting (derived from UCSB) |
| Owner | Associated Students of UCSB |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kcsb.org |
KCSB-FM (91.9 FM) is a non-commercial, educational radio station located on the UC Santa Barbara campus. KCSB is designed to be educational for both programmers and listeners. UCSB students and other programmers are provided an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of radio broadcasting, both technically and in terms of broadcast content, and to explore more advanced aspects of broadcasting and the audio medium. The station has a range that reaches as far south as Los Angeles County and as far north as San Luis Obispo, California.
KCSB was started by student Bill Harrison as Navajo Radio, named for Navajo Hall, a 2nd floor wing in the Anacapa men's dormitory from which it began broadcasting in 1962, broadcasting 3 – 4 hours of daily programming to the UCSB dorms at 5 watts. It was the first University of California station to be licensed. It gradually grew into the station it is today, changing frequency in 1976 and undergoing wattage expansions in 1964 and 1983. On April 18, 1970, KCSB was shut down by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. The department took the measure as a precaution against rioting, which they felt would occur if the UCSB and Isla Vista community became aware of the events of the Isla Vista riots, an outgrowth of anger originating with the Vietnam War that was ignited by the firing of a popular professor. The incident is the only one on record of a police force shutting down a radio station. In 1989, the station was embroiled in a controversy revolving around the dismissal of volunteer host Sean Hannity for featuring a guest who made offensive remarks about homosexuals. The Santa Barbara chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union defended Hannity's right to free speech, and the station offered Hannity his slot back. He did not accept the offer, instead demanding more airtime.
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