In order to make its Schenectady outlet a clear channel station, GE effected a breakdown of 790 kHz. KNBR 1050, I used to be an avid listener to this once great radio station. All I wanted to say was 2 things. Syndicated weekend shows include The Tech Guy with Leo Laporte and The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman. KGO is a 50-thousand watt station that produces the majority of its own content. KGO's signal is received essentially free of static at night in locations such as Vancouver, Washington, Seattle, Washington and San Diego, but is difficult to receive in Reno, Nevada, and other points east of the Sierra Nevada mountains due to its signal directionality. At least 20 people, including the entire news staff, as well as some staffers from sister station KFOG, were laid off with the change. This byline is mine, but I want my name removed. Local director-actor Jack Brooks hosted a Saturday-morning entertainment program until his sudden death in June 1984, after directing a production of Kismet for the Capuchino Community Theatre that featured Jim Eason as the poet Omar Khayyám. [21] The effort is a testbed for Pacific Gas and Electric Company and is located near the Dumbarton Bridge. All three were replaced. America in The Morning, from Westwood One, is heard just before dawn. Oakland Tribune, January 8, 1924, p. 15. It is one of two Talk radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area owned by Cumulus Media. In 2014, KGO brought in John Batchelor at midnight. It's proud to be live and local, rather than feature a majority of syndicated talk shows. [9][10] This had resulted in the abrupt termination, on December 1, of most of the talk hosts (including Gene Burns, Gil Gross, John Rothmann, Ray Taliaferro, Len Tillem, and Dr. Bill Wattenburg). It's proud to be live and local, rather than feature a majority of syndicated talk shows. It became an international hit and we appeared in Rolling Stone (we were 18 year-old Annie Liebowitz's first assignment) Life Magazine, Newsweek, on the Smothers Brothers show, and on local radio stations, including KGO. Lynn Jimenez – business reporter (on extended leave), Ed Baxter – former morning and afternoon anchor, Ken Beck – former reporter and news director, Stan Burford – former traffic anchor, reporter, Lin Durling – former airborne traffic reporter, Greg Edmonds – East Bay Bureau Chief, reporter, Mary Ellen Geist – former reporter, anchor, Lou Hurley – former airborne traffic reporter, Michaelyn Meyers – former airborne traffic reporter, This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 12:13.

Thanks John for your integrity and honesty. KSFO 560, On March 31, 2016, at Noon, KGO dropped its previous programming and began stunting with recordings of speeches from influential figures and people talking about San Francisco, as well as songs about the city, while promoting "The Next Generation of KGO" to launch on April 5 (though with a break during the weekend for paid programming). [2]) KGO was part of a planned three-station network comprising WGY in Schenectady, New York, and KOA in Denver, Colorado. The station's music, which was also performed by other local orchestras and vocalists, included classical selections as well as popular dance music the next night. Games that start before 7 pm on weekdays air on KSFO.[13]. On December 1, 1947, KGO switched to a directional antenna and its power was increased to 50,000 watts, the new minimum standard power for a U.S. clear channel station. The daily schedule included many issues-oriented talk shows, with weekday hosts that included Gene Burns, Gil Gross, Ronn Owens, John Rothmann and lawyer Len Tillem. [15] John Batchelor's syndicated show air overnights, returning KGO to the same level of news programming as before 2011.[16]. [11] Gil Gross, Len Tillem and Leo Laporte are being broadcast by KKSF. Privacy Policy. Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC). Decatur IL Review, February 9, 1924, p. 23; also, "New KGO Will Open Tomorrow."

Nikki Medoro hosts the morning drive time program, while Mark Thompson hosts late mornings. All trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.Any usage on RadioLineup is protected under the fair use provisions of the law. [citation needed] When KGO switched to all-news in December 2011, it fell further behind in the local ratings. What happens when these career public servants are continually undermined and the rule of law is undermined, is there any hope of returning to democracy as we know it or has Trump damaged it so bad that it may take years to undue even if we get him out of office?

I had called yesterday and had limited time to talk and went on a rant instead of having a good discussion with you John who I have so much respect for. Thanks so much, Rita AbramsBy: Rita ABRAMS on June 17, 2020. LaLanne conducted his radio fitness show for many years on KGO, moving in the late 1950s to KGO-TV and a successful TV syndication career.

[1], After several late-night test broadcasts, using the experimental call sign 6XG, radio station KGO signed on the air on January 8, 1924, from General Electric's Oakland transformer manufacturing plant. Due to the nature of its signal and antenna placement, KGO broadcasts on a north-to-south axis, keeping itself from interfering with WGY (Schenectady, New York) during the night-time and overnight hours when the station broadcasts at 50,000 watts. The other "regions" in the Band Plan all retained their allotted eight cleared channels. [22] The solar system uses both CPV (SolFocus) and PV (Premier Power) arrays and provides about 17 Kilowatts, or 33% (one third), of the radio frequency (RF) power output from the 50KW transmitter (or about 1/10th of the total power consumption of their transmitter site over a 24-hour period). The local talk show hosts included Les Crane, Owen Spann and Jim Eason, who often interviewed visiting celebrities in the KGO studios. KGO is an AM radio station broadcasting at 810 KHz. Plus 100,000 AM/FM radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. By the late 1950s, KGO had suffered poor ratings. Santa Clara County immediately halts hopes for fans to return to Levi’s Stadium ‘anytime soon’, Ronn Owens Report: Ronn Questions why you Might Need to be Urged to Vote, San Francisco Enters Yellow Tier as First Bay Area County, California allowing fans to return to pro sporting events, Microphones Will Be Cut for the Final Presidential Debate, John Rothmann Reports, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Leads an Exorcism, The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro: October 20, 2020, Family of American detained in Syria express hope following US meeting with Assad regime, Broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman caught on hot mic appearing to mock military flyovers as wasteful. Two of KGO's three towers partially collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989. [5] The NBC Blue Network simply dropped "NBC" from its name to become the "Blue Network," then in June 1945 re-branded itself the American Broadcasting Company. Pat Thurston, Chip Franklin and John Rothmann host early afternoons, afternoon drive and early evenings, respectively. KGO operates with 50,000 watts, the highest power permitted AM radio stations by the Federal Communications Commission.

The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro: October 21, 2020. KGO is a 50-thousand watt station that produces the majority of its own content. As was the custom with early radio stations, the programming consisted of performances by local talent, including the KGO Orchestra which provided some of the music, and a dramatic group known as the KGO Players, which performed weekly plays and short skits, often under the direction of Bay-area drama instructor Wilda Wilson Church. We're talking about the news you're talking about. KGO started carrying Paul Harvey's twice-daily programs but also began to develop a strong local news staff that produced extended morning and afternoon newscasts. Until the sudden format change in December 2011, KGO hosted an annual fundraiser called the KGO Cure-a-Thon to help raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with all of the station's regular programming pre-empted for an entire day during the event. Listen to KGO 810 live . The Bay Area's home of Armstrong & Getty, Ronn Owens, Ethan Bearman, Brian Copeland, Chip Franklin and DreX. KGO-810AM is the leading news/talk radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Owen Spann also originated special broadcasts from Europe and Africa, interviewing government officials from those countries. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC Radio News. The Bone 107.7,
Dr. Dean Edell began his regular medical programs at KGO,[citation needed] leading to nationally syndicated broadcasts. They are the best cruise line for all inclusive, best food and service!By: Susan H in Sebastopol on June 3, 2019, This comment is for John Rothman. Live Stream:

On Friday, December 2, 2011, new owner Cumulus Media announced that KGO was rebranding itself as "news and information," moving to an all-news format from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (in addition to the existing morning-drive, noon-hour and afternoon-drive news blocks) on December 5. You can add your own comment to this channel by using the form below. An auction was also held to help raise money. Easy to use internet radio. KGO has its studios and offices on Battery Street in the SoMa portion of San Francisco's Financial District. KGO ("KGO 810") is a radio station licensed to San Francisco, CA. KGO (810 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Francisco, California. So glad to hear about a great experience on Crystal. Both KGO and Dallas-based sister station KLIF shared similar visual News/Information identities after KLIF's parent Cumulus acquired Citadel until 2014, when Talk programming was reintroduced. The station airs news/talk programming and goes by the name "KGO 810" on the air with the slogan "The Bay Area's News, Talk & Traffic". KGO-810AM is the leading news/talk radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. [17][18][19] Originally, long-time KGO host Ronn Owens announced that he would be moving to sister station KSFO in the afternoon slot beginning April 4.

This byline is for a different person with the same name. That's why so many friends were shocked when he took his own life instead of asking for help they gladly would have given", A Technical Description of the KGO Facility in 1924, The Complete KGO Collection (Archival Recordings) in The Bay Area Radio Museum, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KGO_(AM)&oldid=976849881, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Weekends feature shows on money, health, technology and home repairs, some of which are paid brokered programming. That said, its overall reach is greater than any FM signal in the Bay Area (according to radio-locator.com map referenced below). The station airs news/talk programming and goes by the name "KGO 810" on the air with the slogan "The Bay Area's News, Talk & Traffic". KGO is owned by Cumulus Media. So if there is any place in your format for a piece on the record's 50th anniversary, we would love it! This higher profile caused KGO's ratings to begin a steady climb. [14] In January 2015, KGO announced they had hired Chicago/San Antonio radio personality Kevin "DreX" Buchar, best known for his successful morning show on Chicago's WKSC-FM, which ran for more than a decade, from 7PM to 10PM.