KOGO (AM)
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| City | San Diego, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Diego, California |
| Branding | Newsradio 600 KOGO |
| Slogan | When news breaks, we will be there. (on radio) |
| Frequency | 600 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | June 30, 1925 (as KFWV at 1220) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 4.7 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 51514 |
| Callsign meaning | chosen by an IBM computer; pronounced phonetically as "Ko-Go" |
| Former callsigns | KFWV (1925–1926) KFSD (1926–1961) KOGO (1961–1983) KLZZ (1983–1987) KKLQ (1987–1994) |
| Former frequencies | 1220 kHz (1925-1927) 680 kHz (1927) |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio NBC News Radio |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KGB, KHTS, KIOZ, KLSD, KMYI, KSSX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kogo.com |
KOGO ("Newsradio 600 KOGO") is a talk radio station in San Diego, California. One of seven radio stations in San Diego owned and operated by iHeartMedia, KOGO's main focus is local news and syndicated talk shows. With 5,000 watts day and night, the AM signal is one of the strongest in the region. The station's studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side. The signal pattern generally follows the coast from the transmitter site in San Diego, with reception good to Santa Barbara and beyond. Because of the power of the station, KOGO is one of the primary Emergency Alert System stations for the San Diego radio market. The station is the first, and the only AM radio station, in the San Diego market to broadcast in HD Radio. The KSON 97.3 antenna is at the top of one tower and the KLNV 106.5 antenna is at the top of the other.
AM 600 KOGO was originally licensed on June 30, 1925, at 1220 kilocycles at 250 watts from the top of the U.S. Grant Hotel. The call letters in 1925 were KFWV. In 1926 the call letters were changed to KFSD and the station moved down the dial to 620. KFSD stood for First in San Diego, as the station was the first commercially licensed station in San Diego. (KFBC/KGB was an amateur station that was not full-time.) In 1928 the station was facing bankruptcy, so it was sold to Thomas Sharp (who founded Sharp Health Care in San Diego). In 1931 KFSD became an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network.
In 1939 KFSD was slated to move from the U.S. Grant to a former country club east of downtown, the country club was called "Emerald Hills". But the station did not move until 1948, due to the proximity of Emerald Hills to the Chollas Naval towers. In 1948 when KFSD moved to Emerald Hills, the facility was outfitted with the finest equipment money could buy. (It was primarily RCA.) Emerald Hills was built to completely house KFSD (studios, transmitter, and offices). From Emerald Hills, San Diego's first FM station signed on the air in 1948: KFSD-FM 94.1.
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