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KFMB first greeted listeners on August 19, 1941,<ref>{{cite journal | title = KFMB Takes the Air | work = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising]] | date = September 1, 1941 | volume = 12 | issue = 9 | page = 49 | publisher = Broadcasting Publications, Inc. | location = Washington, D.C.}}</ref> broadcasting from the corner of Pacific Highway and Ash Street, downtown. Owned by Warren B. Worcester and the Worcester Broadcasting Corporation, the "M" in KFMB was for Worcester's daughter Mary; the "B" for his son Warren Burnham. The [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] [[construction permit]] was for 1420&nbsp;kHz. By the time the station [[Sign-on|signed on]] all stations on 1420&nbsp;kHz had moved to 1450&nbsp;kHz as a result of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]]. KFMB changed frequencies several more times, to 550 AM in 1948, 540 AM in 1954 and finally, in 1965 to its current position at [[760 AM]] after a realignment of broadcast channels between the United States and [[Mexico]].
KFMB first greeted listeners on August 19, 1941,<ref>{{cite journal | title = KFMB Takes the Air | work = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising]] | date = September 1, 1941 | volume = 12 | issue = 9 | page = 49 | publisher = Broadcasting Publications, Inc. | location = Washington, D.C.}}</ref> broadcasting from the corner of Pacific Highway and Ash Street, downtown. Owned by Warren B. Worcester and the Worcester Broadcasting Corporation, the "M" in KFMB was for Worcester's daughter Mary; the "B" for his son Warren Burnham. The [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] [[construction permit]] was for 1420&nbsp;kHz. By the time the station [[Sign-on|signed on]] all stations on 1420&nbsp;kHz had moved to 1450&nbsp;kHz as a result of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]]. KFMB changed frequencies several more times, to 550 AM in 1948, 540 AM in 1954 and finally, in 1965 to its current position at [[760 AM]] after a realignment of broadcast channels between the United States and [[Mexico]].


Warren Worcester died on October 24, 1942, following a brief illness.<ref>"Warren B. Worcester." (obituary) ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising]]'', November 2, 1942, pg. 12. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/42-OCR/1942-11-02-BC-0012.pdf]</ref> In November 1943 the trustees of Worcester's estate sold KFMB to its general manager, [[Jack O. Gross]] and a business partner, O.L. Taylor;<ref>"Gross, Taylor to buy KFMB, San Diego." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', July 19, 1943, pg. 60. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-07-19-BC-0064.pdf]</ref><ref>"KFMB sale okayed." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', November 1, 1943, pg. 44. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-11-01-BC-0044.pdf]</ref> Gross purchased Taylor's 50 percent interest and became sole owner in 1945.<ref>"Actions of the FCC." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', June 18, 1945, pg. 75. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/45-OCR/1945-06-18.BC-0075.pdf]</ref> Under Gross's stewardship KFMB pioneered FM and television service in San Diego, launching KFMB-FM in April 1947 and KFMB-TV in May 1949.
Warren Worcester died on October 24, 1942, following a brief illness.<ref>"Warren B. Worcester." (obituary) ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising]]'', November 2, 1942, pg. 12. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/42-OCR/1942-11-02-BC-0012.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In November 1943 the trustees of Worcester's estate sold KFMB to its general manager, [[Jack O. Gross]] and a business partner, O.L. Taylor;<ref>"Gross, Taylor to buy KFMB, San Diego." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', July 19, 1943, pg. 60. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-07-19-BC-0064.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>"KFMB sale okayed." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', November 1, 1943, pg. 44. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-11-01-BC-0044.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Gross purchased Taylor's 50 percent interest and became sole owner in 1945.<ref>"Actions of the FCC." ''Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising'', June 18, 1945, pg. 75. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/45-OCR/1945-06-18.BC-0075.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Under Gross's stewardship KFMB pioneered FM and television service in San Diego, launching KFMB-FM in April 1947 and KFMB-TV in May 1949.
In November 1950, Gross sold the KFMB stations to John A. Kennedy, a former publisher of the ''[[San Diego Daily Journal]]''.<ref>"KFMB sale; Kennedys to buy." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', November 20, 1950, pg. 68. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/50-OCR/1950-11-20-BC-0068.pdf]</ref> Three years later, Kennedy sold the trio to a partnership of television producer [[Jack Wrather]] and industry executive Helen Alvarez.<ref>"$7 1/2 million mark passed in bumper transfer crop." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', February 2, 1953, pp. 27-28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/1953-02-02-BC-0027.pdf][http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/1953-02-02-BC-0028.pdf]</ref> In 1957 Alvarez sold her shares in KFMB to Wrather,<ref>"Wrather buys out Alvarez." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', May 12, 1958, pg. 9. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/58-OCR/1958-05-12-BC-0009.pdf]</ref> who then sold his broadcast interests to [[Buffalo, New York]]-based Transcontinent Television Corporation in early 1959.<ref>"New station combine formed." ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting - Telecasting]]'', February 16, 1959, pg. 9. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-02-16-BC-0009.pdf]</ref><ref>"Transcontinent tie with Marietta gets ok." ''Broadcasting'', May 18, 1959, pp. 74, 76. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-05-18-BC-0074.pdf][http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-05-18-BC-0076.pdf]</ref> As part of Transcontinent's exit from broadcasting, KFMB-AM-FM-TV was sold in 1964 to current owner Midwest Television, then based in [[Champaign, Illinois]].<ref>"Transcontinent sale: last of its kind?." ''Broadcasting'', February 24, 1964, pp. 27-28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/64-OCR/1964-02-24-BC-0031.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/64-OCR/1964-02-24-BC-0032.pdf]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In November 1950, Gross sold the KFMB stations to John A. Kennedy, a former publisher of the ''[[San Diego Daily Journal]]''.<ref>"KFMB sale; Kennedys to buy." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', November 20, 1950, pg. 68. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/50-OCR/1950-11-20-BC-0068.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Three years later, Kennedy sold the trio to a partnership of television producer [[Jack Wrather]] and industry executive Helen Alvarez.<ref>"$7 1/2 million mark passed in bumper transfer crop." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', February 2, 1953, pp. 27-28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/1953-02-02-BC-0027.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/53-OCR/1953-02-02-BC-0028.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1957 Alvarez sold her shares in KFMB to Wrather,<ref>"Wrather buys out Alvarez." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', May 12, 1958, pg. 9. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/58-OCR/1958-05-12-BC-0009.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> who then sold his broadcast interests to [[Buffalo, New York]]-based Transcontinent Television Corporation in early 1959.<ref>"New station combine formed." ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting - Telecasting]]'', February 16, 1959, pg. 9. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-02-16-BC-0009.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>"Transcontinent tie with Marietta gets ok." ''Broadcasting'', May 18, 1959, pp. 74, 76. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-05-18-BC-0074.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-05-18-BC-0076.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As part of Transcontinent's exit from broadcasting, KFMB-AM-FM-TV was sold in 1964 to current owner Midwest Television, then based in [[Champaign, Illinois]].<ref>"Transcontinent sale: last of its kind?." ''Broadcasting'', February 24, 1964, pp. 27-28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/64-OCR/1964-02-24-BC-0031.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/64-OCR/1964-02-24-BC-0032.pdf]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


In the mid 1970s, KFMB's [[Radio format|format]] was an adult-oriented [[Top 40]], and featured such personalities as Perry Allen, the morning drive teams of Charlie and Herrigan (Jack Woods and Paul Menard) to be followed by Hudson and Bauer (Mac Hudson and Joe Bauer), Clark Anthony, and [[Bobby Rich]].
In the mid 1970s, KFMB's [[Radio format|format]] was an adult-oriented [[Top 40]], and featured such personalities as Perry Allen, the morning drive teams of Charlie and Herrigan (Jack Woods and Paul Menard) to be followed by Hudson and Bauer (Mac Hudson and Joe Bauer), Clark Anthony, and [[Bobby Rich]].
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The station is the San Diego home of [[Radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] talk shows from [[Glenn Beck]], [[Armstrong & Getty]], [[Mark Levin]] and [[Red Eye Radio]].
The station is the San Diego home of [[Radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] talk shows from [[Glenn Beck]], [[Armstrong & Getty]], [[Mark Levin]] and [[Red Eye Radio]].


Local programming includes [http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/category.asp?C=202912 Mike Slater] from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Brent Winterble from 2 to 6 p.m. News Anchor Marna Davis does the news every half-hour. Weekend programming includes shows on money, cars, computers, gardening and law, as well as family financial advisor [[Dave Ramsey]]. [[CBS Radio News]] is heard at the beginning of most hours.
Local programming includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20110123151733/http://www.760kfmb.com/global/category.asp?c=202912 Mike Slater] from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Brent Winterble from 2 to 6 p.m. News Anchor Marna Davis does the news every half-hour. Weekend programming includes shows on money, cars, computers, gardening and law, as well as family financial advisor [[Dave Ramsey]]. [[CBS Radio News]] is heard at the beginning of most hours.


According to a March 2009 L.A. Times article, then-KFMB host [[Rick Roberts (commentator)|Rick Roberts]] was one of several conservative talk radio hosts in California to have a weekly audience of more than 100,000.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-talkradio15-2009mar15,0,1241867.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Michael | last=Finnegan | title=Conservative talk radio on the wane in California | date=2009-03-15}}</ref> Commentary from [[Paul Harvey]] had aired on KFMB from June 2005 until his passing in 2009.
According to a March 2009 L.A. Times article, then-KFMB host [[Rick Roberts (commentator)|Rick Roberts]] was one of several conservative talk radio hosts in California to have a weekly audience of more than 100,000.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-talkradio15-2009mar15,0,1241867.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Michael | last=Finnegan | title=Conservative talk radio on the wane in California | date=2009-03-15}}</ref> Commentary from [[Paul Harvey]] had aired on KFMB from June 2005 until his passing in 2009.

Revision as of 05:15, 4 December 2017

KFMB
KFMB-FM, KFMB-TV
History
First air date
August 19, 1941
Call sign meaning
For Mary and Burnham
(daughter and son of station founder Warren B. Worcester)
Technical information
Facility ID42120
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day (non-directional)
50,000 watts night (directional)
Transmitter coordinates
32°50′33″N 117°1′30″W / 32.84250°N 117.02500°W / 32.84250; -117.02500
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website760kfmb.com
KFMB's towers are near Mission Gorge in San Diego.

KFMB (760

KFMB-FM (100.7 FM) and KFMB-TV (channel 8).[1] All three share studios in the Kearny Mesa
district of San Diego.

KFMB is one of the few stations in the U.S. that significantly increases power at night. The daytime power of 5,000 watts is limited due to proximity to KBRT (740 AM), a religious radio station with its transmitter in Orange County. Because KBRT drastically reduces its power after sunset, KFMB's nighttime power is boosted to 50,000 watts, with a signal pattern that follows the California coast.[2] KFMB's antennas are unique in that they are located on both sides of a highway (Route 52 in Santee, California).[3]

History

KFMB first greeted listeners on August 19, 1941,

signed on all stations on 1420 kHz had moved to 1450 kHz as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. KFMB changed frequencies several more times, to 550 AM in 1948, 540 AM in 1954 and finally, in 1965 to its current position at 760 AM after a realignment of broadcast channels between the United States and Mexico
.

Warren Worcester died on October 24, 1942, following a brief illness.[5] In November 1943 the trustees of Worcester's estate sold KFMB to its general manager, Jack O. Gross and a business partner, O.L. Taylor;[6][7] Gross purchased Taylor's 50 percent interest and became sole owner in 1945.[8] Under Gross's stewardship KFMB pioneered FM and television service in San Diego, launching KFMB-FM in April 1947 and KFMB-TV in May 1949.

In November 1950, Gross sold the KFMB stations to John A. Kennedy, a former publisher of the San Diego Daily Journal.[9] Three years later, Kennedy sold the trio to a partnership of television producer Jack Wrather and industry executive Helen Alvarez.[10] In 1957 Alvarez sold her shares in KFMB to Wrather,[11] who then sold his broadcast interests to Buffalo, New York-based Transcontinent Television Corporation in early 1959.[12][13] As part of Transcontinent's exit from broadcasting, KFMB-AM-FM-TV was sold in 1964 to current owner Midwest Television, then based in Champaign, Illinois.[14]

In the mid 1970s, KFMB's format was an adult-oriented Top 40, and featured such personalities as Perry Allen, the morning drive teams of Charlie and Herrigan (Jack Woods and Paul Menard) to be followed by Hudson and Bauer (Mac Hudson and Joe Bauer), Clark Anthony, and Bobby Rich.

From 1978 to 1999 the station was the broadcast home for the San Diego Padres baseball team. From roughly 1975-1989, KFMB was one of the top three highest rated stations in San Diego, frequently fighting its FM sister, B-100, for the top position. From 1998 to 2004 it was the flagship of the San Diego Chargers football team.

On October 6, 2015, Midwest Television entered into a joint operating agreement with Local Media San Diego LLC, which operates three radio stations licensed to Tijuana but broadcasting in English for the San Diego media market: 92.5 XHRM-FM, 91.1 XETRA-FM, and 90.3 XHITZ-FM. They formed an entity known as "SDLocal" to market all five stations together. Management said the intent of the agreement was to "[preserve the] local ownership and operation of San Diego's top-rated radio stations".[15]

In October 2017, San Diego TV station

KUSI reported that KFMB-AM-FM-TV were being offered for sale by Midwest Television.[16]

Programming

The station is the San Diego home of

nationally syndicated talk shows from Glenn Beck, Armstrong & Getty, Mark Levin and Red Eye Radio
.

Local programming includes Mike Slater from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Brent Winterble from 2 to 6 p.m. News Anchor Marna Davis does the news every half-hour. Weekend programming includes shows on money, cars, computers, gardening and law, as well as family financial advisor

CBS Radio News
is heard at the beginning of most hours.

According to a March 2009 L.A. Times article, then-KFMB host

Rick Roberts was one of several conservative talk radio hosts in California to have a weekly audience of more than 100,000.[17] Commentary from Paul Harvey
had aired on KFMB from June 2005 until his passing in 2009.

See also

References

  1. Arbitron
    . Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ^ "KFMB Radio Station Information". Radio-Locator.com. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott (March 20–27, 2003). "San Diego, California (part I)". Fybush.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "KFMB Takes the Air". Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising. 12 (9). Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc.: 49 September 1, 1941.
  5. Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, November 2, 1942, pg. 12. [1][permanent dead link
    ]
  6. ^ "Gross, Taylor to buy KFMB, San Diego." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, July 19, 1943, pg. 60. [2][permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "KFMB sale okayed." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, November 1, 1943, pg. 44. [3][permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Actions of the FCC." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, June 18, 1945, pg. 75. [4][permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "KFMB sale; Kennedys to buy." Broadcasting - Telecasting, November 20, 1950, pg. 68. [5][permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "$7 1/2 million mark passed in bumper transfer crop." Broadcasting - Telecasting, February 2, 1953, pp. 27-28. [6][permanent dead link][7][permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Wrather buys out Alvarez." Broadcasting - Telecasting, May 12, 1958, pg. 9. [8][permanent dead link]
  12. Broadcasting - Telecasting, February 16, 1959, pg. 9. [9][permanent dead link
    ]
  13. ^ "Transcontinent tie with Marietta gets ok." Broadcasting, May 18, 1959, pp. 74, 76. [10][permanent dead link][11][permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Transcontinent sale: last of its kind?." Broadcasting, February 24, 1964, pp. 27-28. [12][permanent dead link][13][permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Local Media, KFMB Stations announce joint-operating agreement". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  16. ^ KUSI.com/KFMB-TV Sale
  17. ^ Finnegan, Michael (2009-03-15). "Conservative talk radio on the wane in California". Los Angeles Times.

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