KIST in Santa Barbara being sold, will flip from progressive talk to NPR

[LTR]

R & R Radio, LLC is selling KIST (1340AM) in Santa Barbara to California Lutheran University for $1.44 million. The school, which owns local noncommercial NPR affiliate KCLU, will convert the station to noncommercial status, according to AllAccess.

The station was sold by Clear Channel a year and a half ago to Rincon Broadcasting. KIST was then spun off to its current owner. Throughout all the ownership changes, the popular progressive talk format remained, most likely due to its strong ratings. Since debuting in early 2005, the 650 watt KIST has been a mainstay in the top ten among stations in the market.

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2008/06/xm-takes-left-turn-kist-takes-fall.html

[Misskittycat]

1. Well that sucks. I' ve been listening to KIST in Santa B ar bara since

we lost our AAR station in San Diego.