KFMB is a conservative talk

Talk radio

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 radio station

Radio station

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 in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

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, co-owned with KFMB-FM

KFMB-FM

KFMB-FM is a commercial radio station located in San Diego, California, broadcasting on 100.7 FM. KFMB-FM airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".-History:...

 and KFMB-TV

KFMB-TV

KFMB-TV is the local CBS television affiliate in San Diego, California. Its studios are located on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego along with its sister radio stations, AM 760 and FM 100.7...

. KFMB is one of the few stations in the U.S. that increases power at night. The daytime power is limited due to KBRT

KBRT

KBRT is a Christian radio station. It airs Christian talk radio programming from Santa Catalina Island to Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire, San Diego, and Santa Barbara. The station broadcasts at 10,000 Watts sunrise to sunset at 740 kHz from the hill above Avalon on Catalina Island...

 (AM 740), a religious-programming station with transmitters on Santa Catalina Island. The nighttime pattern follows the California coast. Reception has been heard in La Paz, Baja California, and Seattle, Washington.

History

KFMB first greeted listeners on August 19, 1941, broadcasting from the corner of Pacific Highway and Ash Street, downtown. Owned by Warren B. Worcester and the Worcester Broadcasting Corporation, the "M" in KFMB was for Worcester's daughter Mary; the "B" for his son Warren Burnham. KFMB-AM started broadcasting at 1420 kHz, then very soon moved to 1450 kHz, and then 540 kHz, but later switched to 760 kHz after a re-alignment of broadcast channels between the United States and Mexico. Midwest Television Inc, headquartered in Champaign, Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

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, purchased KFMB-AM-FM-TV in 1964.

In the mid 1970s

1970s

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, KFMB's format was an adult-oriented Top 40, and featured such personalities as Perry Allen, the morning drive teams of Charlie and Herrigan (Jack Woods and Paul Menard) to be followed by Hudson and Bauer (Mac Hudson and Joe Bauer), Clark Anthony, and Bobby Rich

Bobby Rich

Bobby R. Rich is a lifelong radio broadcaster, programmer and manager best known for his role as Program Director and Morning Show Host on KFMB-FM San Diego, CA "B-100" and KMXZ-FM Tucson, AZ "MIX fm" ....

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From 1978 to 1999 the station was the broadcast home for the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 baseball franchise. From roughly 1975-1989, KFMB was one of the top three highest rated stations in San Diego, frequently fighting its FM sister, B-100, for the top position. From 1998 to 2004 it was the broadcast home of the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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 football team. It was also the San Diego affiliate of the CBS Radio Network

CBS Radio Network

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, only it now carries news reports from ABC Radio on a regular basis.

Programming

The station is the current San Diego home of Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

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, Michael Savage

Michael Savage (commentator)

Michael Savage is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...

, Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

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, Jerry Doyle

Jerry Doyle (actor)

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 and others.

Local programming includes Mike Slater from 6 to 9 a.m. weekday mornings and Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts (commentator)

Rick Roberts is an American conservative talk radio host on 760 KFMB in San Diego, California from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.He has been on the air in San Diego since the 1990s.He is often joined on-air by his producers "Christine" and "David"...

 from 3 to 6 p.m. weekday afternoons. News Anchor Marna Davis does the news every half hour. Specialty weekend programming includes shows such as Smart Investing and The Real Estate Zone All other programs are rebroadcast via satellite. Their top reporter is long-time newsman Tom Reopelle.

According to a March 2009 LA Times article, Roberts is one of several conservative talk radio hosts in California to have a weekly audience of more than 100,000.

In June 2005, KFMB became the San Diego broadcast home for the late Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...

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