KGB-FM
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| City of license | San Diego, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Diego, California |
| Branding | "101.5 KGB" |
| Slogan | The Classic Rock Experience |
| Frequency | 101.5 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1972 |
| Format | Classic Rock |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 34454 |
| Callsign meaning | K George Bowles, station manager of KGB-AM from 1928 to 1931. [1] |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | KHTS, KIOZ, KLSD, KMYI, KOGO, KUSS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.101kgb.com www.1015kgb.com |
KGB-FM (101.5 FM) is a classic rock radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.
[edit] History
- See also: KLSD
For many years, the KGB call sign resided on an AM sister station at 1360 kHz. 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" by Billboard Magazine in 1974.
In 1974, KGB gave the world a piece of pop culture Americana. The "KGB Chicken," an advertising mascot played by Ted Giannoulas, was hatched that year when employees of KGB-FM hired Giannoulas (then a student at San Diego State University) from off the street to wear a chicken outfit for a promotion to distribute easter eggs to children at the San Diego Zoo. The Chicken, whose antics entertained steadily larger crowds, moved on to features at concerts and sporting events (appearing at more than 520 San 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 his Chicken emerged from his egg at a "Grand Hatching" seen by 47,000 people as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey played.
[edit] 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 was broadcast 24 hours a day on their HD Radio subchannel.
KGB-FM also airs The Beatles Radio Show, hosted by Ken Dashow, on Sundays. The show features rare Beatles performances, celebrations of Beatles historic events, and much more.
[edit] External links
- 101.5 KGB
- 101.5 KGB (alternate URL)
- History of KGB Radio by David Leonard
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KGB-FM
- Radio Locator information on KGB
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KGB
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