KSEN

KSEN (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Shelby, Montana. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, and licensed to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs an oldies music format.^[2]

KSEN

Shelby, Montana
Frequency	1150 kHz
Branding	KSEN AM 1150
Programming
Format	Oldies
Affiliations	ABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	KZIN-FM
History
First air date	August 11, 1947 (1947-08-11)
Former call signs	KIYI (1947–1959)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67655
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day 5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	48°28′52″N 111°53′02″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ksenam.com

The station's studios are at 830 Oilfield Avenue in Shelby, along with KZIN-FM. The transmitter site is south of town, along Interstate 15.

The station signed on August 11, 1947,^[3] as KIYI.^[4] It was assigned the KSEN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission^[5] on May 27, 1959.^[4]

Ownership

In February 2008, Colorado-based GAPWEST Broadcasting completed the acquisition of 57 radio stations in 13 markets in the Pacific Northwest-Rocky Mountain region from Clear Channel Communications.^[6] The deal, valued at a reported $74 million, included two stations in Shelby, six Bozeman stations, seven in Missoula, and five in Billings, Montana. Other stations in the deal are located in Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming, plus Pocatello and Twin Falls, Idaho, and Yakima, Washington. GapWest was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[7]