KSFO
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| City | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Branding | Hot Talk 560 KSFO |
| Slogan | The News and Views You Won't Hear Anywhere Else |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| First air date | 1925 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 34472 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°44′44.00″N 122°22′40.00″W / 37.7455556°N 122.3777778°W |
| Callsign meaning | Dual meaning: San FranciscO airport code for San Francisco International Airport |
| Affiliations |
ABC News Radio Cumulus Media Networks |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | KFOG, KGO, KNBR, KSAN, KTCT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ksfo560.com |
KSFO is a talk radio station in San Francisco, California, USA, broadcasting on 560 kHz AM with content focusing on conservative talk. It operated under the ownership of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) until the radio group was purchased by Citadel Broadcasting in 2007. The station is now owned by Cumulus Media, following its 2011 merger with Citadel. The station's studios are in the city's SoMa district, and a transmitter is located at the end of Islais Creek where it meets the San Francisco Bay.
The content of the KSFO's talk programming is conservative, with show hosts such as Mark Levin and Michael Savage. The station also airs Red Eye Radio overnights.
KSFO went on the air in 1925 as KTAB in Oakland, owned by the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church there. It was acquired by Wesley Dumm under the legal name The Associated Broadcasters (in order to keep the TAB backronym. KTAB offered a variety format of music, news, and sports.
Just before the start of World War II, Mr. Dumm was tapped by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to use his KSFO facility to spawn international shortwave broadcast stations KWID (for Wesley I. Dumm) and KWIX. These stations became the genesis of the Voice of America. Facilities for KSFO, KWID, and KWIX were located at San Francisco's Islais Creek where the KSFO transmitter continues to operate today.
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