| KNSI | |
| City: | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Area: | Central Minnesota |
| Branding: | NewsTalk 1450 KNSI |
| Frequency: | 1450 kHz |
| Format: | News/Talk |
| Power: | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class: | C |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Facility Id: | 37002 |
| Callsign Meaning: | News Sports Information |
| Affiliations: | Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Owner: | Leighton Broadcasting |
| Sister Stations: | KCLD-FM, KCML, KZPK, K277BS |
KNSI (1450 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is owned by Leighton Broadcasting, which also owns KCLD-FM, KZPK and KCML. KNSI is also carried on HD Radio, via KZPK-HD2.
The station was first licensed in 1938 as KFAM on 1420 kHz. The call letters recalled an earlier St. Cloud station, WFAM, owned by the Times Publishing Company and the St. Cloud Daily Times, which had been first licensed in June 1922[1] and deleted in the summer of 1928.[2] In 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, KFAM moved to its current frequency of 1450 kHz. In 1948 it was joined by a sister station, KFAM-FM[3] (now KCLD-FM). The two stations were sold to Alver Leighton in 1975.[4]