Jim Dunbar

Jim Dunbar is a renowned KGO Radio program director, talk show host and news anchor who helped raise KGO's ratings from non-existent to the top five with its unique news/talk format. KGO has consistently scored in the top five since 1963 and has been #1 since 1978.

In addition to his radio work, he also hosted the popular "A.M. San Francisco" program on KGO-TV (Channel 7) for many years, beginning in 1965. Dunbar is portrayed in the 2007 film "Zodiac" in a scene where the Zodiac killer calls in to Dunbar's broadcast (with Dunbar hosting guest Melvin Belli).

Dunbar previously worked as a rock DJ at WXYZ Detroit, Michigan, WDSU New Orleans, Louisiana and WLS Chicago before coming west to KGO in 1963. [ [http://www.radiohof.org/newstalk/jimdunbar.html Jim Dunbar] in the Radio Hall of Fame] He was elected to the [http://www.radiohof.org/newstalk/jimdunbar.html National Radio Hall of Fame] in 1999, and to the [http://www.barhof.com Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame] in 2006 as a member of the first class to be inducted.

References

* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/27/DD27012.DTL Last Call: Innovator Jim Dunbar retiring after 37 years at KGO Newstalk radio (San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2000)]