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==History==
KCSN came to air as KEDC-FM in late 1963. The station signed on with 10 watts, using a transmitter donated by [[Saul Levine]], and broadcast four hours a day of jazz and classical music, in addition to hourly news bulletins produced by San Fernando Valley State College journalism students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31839472/|work=Los Angeles Times|title=FM Station Operating at Valley State|date=December 9, 1963|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> Power was increased to 320 watts in 1967 and 3,000 watts in 1970. The 1970 power increase shut out a proposal by the Mexican-American Communication Foundation to build a station on the frequency in [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31839552/|work=Van Nuys News|date=October 13, 1970|title=Valley State Given Permit for Bigger Radio Station|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> It became KCSN on February 1, 1973, months after the school became California State University, Northridge; the station was known as "Radio Free Northridge" since 1971.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31839591/|work=Valley News|date=February 6, 1973|title=Call Letters Changed on CSUN Station|access-date=May 22, 2019}}, KEDC-FM program guide</ref>
Beginning in 1987, KCSN aired an all-country format, "Kissin' Country" (a play on how the call letters "KCSN" might be pronounced). The format switch was controversial, earning the station additional donations but alienating it from its student body base.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31839741/|title=It's Country—but Is That Cool?|work=Los Angeles Times|first=David|last=Wharton|date=September 15, 1989|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> The station also took fire from students who worried that they had less and less of a role in its operation as professional staff were added, in part because KCSN received [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] grants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31839664/|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Pamela|last=Moreland|date=November 9, 1987|access-date=May 22, 2019|title=New Signals at KCSN}}</ref> In November 1989, two months after classical music station [[KRRL|KFAC-FM]] (92.3) was sold to Evergreen Media and flipped to a "rock with a beat" format, KCSN made a play for those listeners and went all-classical, drawing the ire of the country fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31840065/|title=Classic Confrontation Splits KCSN Country|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Michael|last=Arkush|access-date=May 22, 2019|date=November 24, 1989}}</ref>
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