KGB-FM
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| City | San Diego, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Diego, California |
| Branding | 101-5 KGB |
| Slogan | San Diego's World Class Rock |
| Frequency | 101.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.5-2 KGB-HD2 KLSD simulcast |
| First air date | 1950 (as KSON-FM) |
| Format |
Classic rock HD2: Sports |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 3.6 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 34454 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°43′48″N 117°5′3″W / 32.73000°N 117.08417°W |
| Callsign meaning | K George Bowles, station manager of KGB from 1928 to 1931. [2] |
| Former callsigns | KSON-FM (1950-1958) KGB-FM (1958-1964) KBKB (1964-1972) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KHTS-FM, KIOZ, KLSD, KMYI, KOGO, KSSX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | http://101kgb.iheart.com/ |
KGB-FM (101.5 FM) is a classic rock radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station'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 101.5 MHz FM frequency originally signed on the air in 1950 as KSON-FM, owned by Fred Rabel. 101.5 is the second oldest FM station in San Diego (94.1 formerly KFSD-FM signed on in 1948). Rabel later sold the signal to Brown Broadcasting in 1958. 101.5 was moved off the KSON AM tower on the corner of Highway 15 and Interstate 5, to the new site of KGB/1360 at 52nd Street and Kalmia. 101.5's call letters were changed to KGB-FM. In 1964 Brown Broadcasting hired Bill Drake to consult for 136KGB and it later became Boss Radio. In 1964 the AM and the FM were separated, and 101.5 became KBKB, a beautiful music station.
In 1972 Boss Radio on 1360 KGB was failing, and more focus was being given to the FM. Brown Broadcasting hired Ron Jacobs to turn around 101.5. The first thing that he did was to put the KGB-FM call letters back on 101.5, and drop Boss Radio from 1360 AM. Jacobs created San Diego's first "Album Oriented Rock" (AOR) station. KGB-FM was a ground breaking station due to the leadership of Jacobs and General Manager Sonny Jim Price. The KGB Chicken, The Homegrown Albums, and Skyshow were just a few of the groundbreaking events that were created during this era of KGB-FM
KGB-FM was named "Station of the Year" by Billboard in 1974 and Rock Station of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine in 1991.
KGB-FM created most of the radio and television legends that San Diego knows today including; Larry Himmel (the Cruiser), Bob Coburn, Dave Benson, Damian Bragdon, Gabriel Wisdom, Erik Thompson, Jim McInnes, Rick Leibert, Pat Martin, Larry Bruce, Bill Hergonson, Ernesto Gladden, Ted Edwards, Linda McInnes, Digby Welch, Kevin McKeown, Pam Edwards, Brian Schock, Susan Hemphill, John Leslie, Andy Geller, Blair and Kymythy Schultz, Phil Hendrie, Jeff Prescott, Michael Berger, Sue Delany, Cookie "Chainsaw" Randolph, Dave Rickards, Shelly Dunn, Coe Lewis and Mojo Nixon.
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