KIOZ
KIOZ (105.3 FM, "Rock 105.3") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Diego, California. The station is owned by and broadcasts a mainstream rock music format. KIOZ's studios are located in San Diego's Serra Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side, and the transmitter is located in La Jolla. History Early years The station at 105.3 FM went on the air in 1954 as KSON-FM, co-owned with KSON (AM). It broadcast initially on 101.5 MHz and moved to 104.7 MHz at the end of 1954. The station changed call letters twice in 1957; the second call sign, KDFR, reflected its ownership by Dorothy and C. Fredric Rabell. In March 1958, the newly renamed KITT, a beautiful music-formatted station, began broadcasting on 105.3 MHz. The transmitter was located in downtown San Diego atop the Bank of America building. The station struggled financially for many years; the station was perpetually for sale, at one point for as low as $100,000. KCBQ-FM (1981–1996) In 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KLVJ (FM)
KLVJ (102.1 FM, "K-Love" is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Encinitas, California and serving San Diego County. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and broadcasts a contemporary Christian music format as an affiliate of the K-Love network. KLVJ (then KPRI)'s studios were previously located in the Sorrento Valley district in north San Diego. Prior to 2015, the station, holding the KPRI call letters, was locally owned by Compass Radio Group and broadcast an adult album alternative format. On September 28, it was announced that Compass sold KPRI to EMF; the station began carrying K-Love programming the same day. History The station was first licensed to Oceanside, California as KXST; the city of license later changed to Encinitas. KPRI - 'Capri-by-the-Sea' When it first went on the air in the 1950s at 106.5 FM, the station billed itself as "KPRI: Capri-by-the-Sea", a middle of the road and jazz station with studios on 5th Avenue in San Di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KGB-FM
KGB-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a classic rock music format. KGB-FM's studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side, and the transmitter is located in East San Diego east of Balboa Park. The station broadcasts its content using the HD Radio digital transmission format since 2005. History The 101.5 MHz frequency originally signed on the air in 1950 as KSON-FM, owned by Fred Rabel. It is the second-oldest FM station in San Diego; the former KFSD-FM at 94.1 FM (now KMYI) debuted in 1948. Rabel later sold the signal to Brown Broadcasting in 1958. KSON-FM was moved off the KSON (AM) tower on the corner of Highway 15 and Interstate 5, to the new site of sister station KGB (1360 AM, now KLSD) at 52nd Street and Kalmia. KSON-FM's call letters were changed to KGB-FM. In 1964, Brown Broadcasting hired Bill Drake to consult for the new ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth most populous city in the United States and the county seat, seat of San Diego County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, fifth most populous county in the United States, with 3,338,330 estimated residents as of 2019. The city is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches and parks, long association with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center. San Diego is the List of municipalities in California, second largest city in the U.S. state, state of California, after Los Angeles. Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego is frequently referred to as the "Birthplace of California", as it was the first site vi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KSSX
KSSX (95.7 FM) is a commercial radio station located in San Diego, California, although the station is legally licensed to serve Carlsbad, in nearby North County. The station airs an urban-leaning rhythmic CHR format, and is one of seven stations in the market owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side, and the transmitter is atop Mt. Soledad, located in La Jolla. History 95.9 FM (1969–1996) Although the station began broadcasting on 95.7 in 1995, it has its origins as a Class A (local) station on 95.9 MHz known as KARL, (a MOR station from 1965 to 1979), then KKOS. During this period the station had various formats, including adult contemporary, CHR, and AAA. However, an interference problem in Mexico ended up resulting in changes to KKOS. At the time, Califórmula owned a Tijuana station broadcasting on 95.7, XHKY-FM, and was causing interference to KKOS and co-channel KFSH-FM in An ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KOGO (AM)
KOGO (600 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station in San Diego, San Diego, California. The station airs a Talk radio, news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's Radio studio, studios and offices are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa, San Diego, Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side. Originally known as KFWV, the station operated as an NBC Red Network, NBC affiliate under the KFSD call sign from 1926 to 1961, when it was changed to KOGO. KOGO transmits with 5,000 watts both day and night; as the AM signal is one of the strongest in Southern California. KOGO uses a directional antenna with its two-tower array transmitter located off 60th Street at Old Memory Lane in the Emerald Hills, San Diego, Emerald Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The signal pattern generally follows the Pacific Coast from Baja California, Mexico, to Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara. Because of its reach, KOGO is one of the primary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KMYI
KMYI (94.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California, airing a hot adult contemporary music format. It is owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side, and the transmitter is located in La Jolla. It broadcasts from the KGTV Tower, shared with several other San Diego FM stations and KGTV. KMYI is the oldest continuously operating FM station in the San Diego metropolitan area. The station is the San Diego affiliate for On Air with Ryan Seacrest, and is one of few Hot AC stations to carry the program. KMYI broadcasts in HD. It carries the news/talk programming of sister station KOGO on its HD2 sub-channel. In November 2018, KMYI activated an HD3 sub-channel, which aired a Soft AC format branded as "The Breeze." The HD3 subchannel has since been turned off. History Middle of the road (1949–1956) The station signed on in 1949 using the call sign KFSD-FM and simulcasting KFSD (now KOGO). It carried ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KLSD
KLSD (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a talk format branded "The Patriot AM 1360". The radio studios and offices are on Granite Ridge Drive in the Serra Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side. Nationally syndicated shows heard on KLSD include Glenn Beck, Jessy Kelly, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Chad Benson, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning. The station operates with 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night using a non-directional antenna. It shares a broadcasting tower with co-owned KGB-FM and KHTS-FM on 52nd Street in the Oak Park neighborhood of San Diego. Programming is also heard on FM translator K277DH at 103.3 MHz. KLSD is San Diego's oldest licensed radio station, dating back to 1922, and using the call sign KGB for most of its history. History As KFBC (1922–1928) Founded by W.K. Azbill in his home in the Normal Heights neighborhood of San Diego, it first signed on the air a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KHTS-FM
KHTS-FM (93.3 MHz) is a top 40 radio station that is licensed to El Cajon, California and serves the San Diego market. The station is owned by , through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and brands as "Channel 9-3-3". The station's studios are located in San Diego's Serra Mesa area, while the transmitter is located in Chollas View, which is east of Balboa Park and west of Emerald Hills, sharing facilities with KLSD. The station is available in HD Radio; the HD2 subchannel airs an LGBT-leaning dance hits format, carrying iHeart's Pride Radio network. History Early beginnings, KECR (1961–1995) The station signed on in 1961 as KUFM, later becoming KECR, then KECR-FM. For most of its existence prior to 1995, the station was owned by the religious Family Radio organization and aired its talk radio programming. Originally, the station maintained a localized board operator to air local news and weather, but when satellite technology became available, it became a repeater for KEAR in San ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KGB (AM)
KGB (760 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Diego, California. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a sports radio format. Most of the evening and weekend programming comes from Fox Sports Radio, along with San Diego Gulls hockey, San Diego State Aztecs college football games and Los Angeles Lakers basketball. Local sports shows are heard weekday mornings and afternoons. For much of its history, this station was known as KFMB, owned by Midwest Television, along with KFMB-TV channel 8 and 100.7 KFMB-FM (now KFBG). By day, KGB transmits 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna, but at night, power increases to 50,000 watts, the maximum for AM stations in the U.S. A directional antenna with a three-tower array is used to minimize interference after dark with WJR Detroit, the Class A station on 760 AM, a clear channel frequency. The transmitter is in Santee, along the San Clemente Canyon Freeway. History KFMB early years (1941–1946) In 1940, the Worc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radio Format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with Television broadcasting, television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide. A radio format aims to reach a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming, which can be thematic or general, more informative or more musical, among other possibilities. Radio formats are often used as a marketing tool and are subject to frequent changes. Except for talk radio or sports radio formats, most programming formats are based on commercial music. However the term also includes the news, bulletins, DJ talk, jingles, commercials, competitions, traffic news, sports, weather and community an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Call Letters
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations onboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Marconi station ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beautiful Music
Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, B/EZ or BM/EZ for "beautiful music/easy listening") is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in North American radio from the late 1950s through the 1980s. Easy listening, elevator music, light music, mood music, and Muzak are other terms that overlap with this format and the style of music that it featured. Beautiful music can also be regarded as a subset of the middle of the road radio format. History Beautiful music initially offered soft and unobtrusive instrumental selections on a very structured schedule with limited commercial interruptions. It often functioned as a free background music service for stores, with commercial breaks consisting only of announcements aimed at shoppers already in the stores. This practice was known as "storecasting" and was very common on the FM dial in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of these FM stations usually simulcast their AM station and used a subcarrier ( SCA) to transmit a hitch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |