- KGB-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = KGB-FM
airdate = 1972
city =San Diego, California
area =San Diego, California
frequency = 101.5 (MHz) HD Radio | format =Classic rock
owner =Clear Channel Communications
sister_stations = KHTS,KIOZ ,KLSD ,KMYI ,KOGO ,KUSS
erp = 50,000watt s
haat = 152 meters
branding = "101.5 KGB"
slogan = "The Classic Rock Experience"
class = B
facility_id = 34454
webcast = [http://www.101kgb.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes Listen Live]
website = [http://www.101kgb.com/ www.101kgb.com] [http://www.1015kgb.com/ www.1015kgb.com]
callsign_meaning = K George Bowles, stationmanager of KGB-AM from 1928 to 1931. [http://www.ct30.com/kgb/history.html]KGB-FM (101.5 FM) is a
classic rock radio station inSan Diego, California . It is owned and operated byClear Channel Communications .History
*1922 July:
W.K. Azbill got a licence and the callsign KFBC; he operated at 10 watts on 1210 kilocycles.
*1927: This license was assigned toDr. Arthur Wells Yale .
*1928:Pickwick Broadcasting Corporation bought the station and madeGeorge Bowles vice president and manager of the station and changed its callsign to KGB to folow his name.
*1931:Don Lee, Inc bought KGB
*1934: Don Lee died and the license went to station manager Marion Harris.
*1942: The station began operating at 1360 kilohertz
*1949: By now KGB was operating at 1000 watts. Don Lee, Inc was merged withMutual Broadcasting Company .
*1954: The station was sold toMarion Harris , who increased the output to 5000 watts.The AM station was a major contender in the AM
Top 40 market during the late 1960s.KGB-FM was one of the early adopters of the FM
album oriented rock format in the early 1970s, as a complement to the AM side of the house, and soon eclipsed the AM side as rock listeners moved to FM. KGB was named "Station of the Year" byBillboard Magazine in 1974.In 1974, KGB gave the world a piece of
pop culture Americana . The "KGB Chicken," an advertisingmascot played by Ted Giannoulas, was hatched that year when employees of KGB-FM hired Giannoulas (then a student atSan Diego State University ) from off the street to wear a chicken outfit for a promotion to distributeeaster egg s to children at theSan Diego Zoo . The Chicken, whose antics entertained steadily larger crowds, moved on to features at concerts and sporting events (appearing at more than 520San Diego Padres games in a row). Conflict emerged between KGB Radio and Giannoulas, and the latter was fired in 1977. Another unnamed employee was hired to don a chicken outfit at a Padres game. After a lawsuit was decided in Giannoulas's favor in June 1979, Giannoulas was allowed to continue to perform in a chicken costume (though not the same as the original costume), and hisSan Diego Chicken emerged from his egg at a "Grand Hatching" seen by 47,000 people as played.Programming
The station's morning show is the long-running
Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw . The show is rebroadcast at various times on the station, and is broadcast 24 hours a day on theirHD Radio subchannel.KGB-FM also airs [http://www.101kgb.com/cc-common/CCOMRholder.html?pour=/beatles_front.html"The Beatles Radio Show"] , hosted by Ken Dashow, on Sundays. The show features rare
Beatles performances, celebrations of Beatles historic events, and much more.External links
* [http://www.101kgb.com/ 101.5 KGB]
* [http://www.1015kgb.com/ 101.5 KGB (alternate URL)]
* [http://www.ct30.com/kgb/history.html History of KGB Radio by David Leonard]
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