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KCBS was “born” on April 3, 1949 when the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) announced its ownership of the station at 740 on the AM dial. The station’s history can be traced back to the 1909 […]

KXRX went on the air on June 24, 1948, broadcasting with 1,000 watts of power. The San Jose Broadcasting Company was the licensee, headed by president Joe E. Levitt. Levitt’s radio roots stretched back to […]

The legendary KSFO call letters were shifted to the 810 AM frequency on January 1, 2025 when owner Cumulus Media buried the century-old KGO brand. At the same time, the 560 AM frequency in San […]

KGO was a pioneering radio station, launched by the General Electric Corporation (GE) on January 8, 1924. The station was one of three started by GE with plans to cover the nation with radio signals […]

In November 1962, NBC’s venerable San Francisco station switched call letters, from KNBC to KNBR. The company had decided to shift the KNBC calls to its Los Angeles television station and federal regulations forbade the […]