KLSD
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KLSD is a sports station based in San Diego, California
. The sports programming began on November 12, 2007. Previously, KLSD's format was progressive talk radio
.
KLSD broadcasts the Los Angeles Lakers
basketball, San Diego State University
Baseball and San Diego Chargers
football, in conjunction with official flagship, co-owned KIOZ
. KLSD also broadcasts college and pro football games from Sports USA Radio Network.
The station broadcasts at 5,000 watts day; 1,000 watts night, sharing a tower with KGB-FM
in the East San Diego area.
KLSD is San Diego's oldest licensed radio station, having marked its 85th anniversary in 2007.
The AM station now known as KLSD began as KFBC on July 14, 1922, broadcasting on 833.3 kHz and sharing the time with eight other San Diego radio stations. As the AM band became standardized across the country, the station soon moved to 1210 kHz.
The call sign was changed to KGB in 1928, and the frequency moved to its present 1360 kHz in 1942.
As the Russian KGB
national security agency started in 1954, the radio station has about 32 years' priority in use of these initials.
In the 1960s KGB was an important player in the San Diego AM Top 40 race, being one of the first markets for the Boss Radio
format. In the 1970s, with its FM sister station KGB-FM
, KGB became an early adopter and pioneer of what is now called the album oriented rock format. KGB-FM
still plays classic rock
on 101.5 MHz. The AM side of KGB returned to the top 40 format for a few years in the late 70s under the moniker "13K", with a good amount of success.
KGB AM became KCNN with an all-news format in 1982; KPQP, playing Adult Standards
, in 1986; in 1997 the call sign
changed to KPOP, with the same adult standards format.
The station became a progressive talker under the call sign KLSD (K Liberal San Diego) in August 2004. Most of the programming came from Air America Radio
. KLSD also aired the Ed Schultz
show from Jones Radio Network and Mike Malloy
from Nova M Radio
. Local programming included the morning show, Stacy Taylor (last heard on San Diego 1700 AM) and the nationally syndicated Air America
host Jon Elliott
. Its logo
during this period was similar to that of sister station
KABQ
in Albuquerque
, New Mexico
.
When it became known that KLSD was going to change format from Liberal Talk to Sports Talk, listeners organized and held rallies to attempt to persuade Clear Channel to keep the format. Station officials at first denied the rumor. A documentary titled Save KLSD: Media Consolidation and Local Radio is being made about the effort and is scheduled for release in late Summer 2011.
The liberal talk format gave way to the current all-sports programming in November 2007; the call sign KLSD was not changed.
In August 2005, 1360's owners applied to the FCC
to increase power to 50,000 watts day and night, sharing the six-tower KSDO array in Santee (Clear Channel Communications owns the broadcast site for KSDO). However, Clear Channel decided against the move, and 1360 still broadcasts at 5,000 watts day, 1,000 watts night.
format, possibly called "XTRA Sports." (The format and tagline was used by AM690 for many years.)
About October 22, the station started (possibly accidentally) slipping in station identifications for the name "KHTS
HD-3," to which the Air America content was rumored to be moving. Jon Elliot had also mentioned "93.3 HD-3" as a possible new home for the Air America and similar programs. This is an HD Radio
channel. KHTS-FM (93.3 MHz) is also owned by Clear Channel Communications.
KLSD changed programming on Monday November 12, 2007 to sports talk and is known as XTRA Sports 1360. The first local live program, which aired at 3 p.m., was Lee Hacksaw Hamilton. Hamilton left the station in 2008 when his contract was not renewed.
During their first ratings period since the format change to sports, KLSD ratings dropped below the minimum Arbitron standard of 0.3 for Winter 2008. As a comparison, the progressive radio format of KLSD last received a 1.6 for Fall 2007. This was the first time in San Diego's AM1360 history they did not meet the minimum ratings threshold.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The sports programming began on November 12, 2007. Previously, KLSD's format was progressive talk radio
Progressive talk radio
Progressive talk radio is a talk radio format devoted to expressing liberal or progressive viewpoints of issues, as opposed to conservative talk radio...
.
KLSD broadcasts the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
basketball, San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
Baseball and San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
football, in conjunction with official flagship, co-owned KIOZ
KIOZ
KIOZ, also known as Rock 105.3, is a Rock station in San Diego, California. It is licensed in San Diego, California, and is owned by Clear Channel Communications.- History :...
. KLSD also broadcasts college and pro football games from Sports USA Radio Network.
The station broadcasts at 5,000 watts day; 1,000 watts night, sharing a tower with KGB-FM
KGB-FM
KGB-FM is a classic rock radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
in the East San Diego area.
History
- 1922 July: W.K. Azbill was issued a license and the callsign KFBC; he operated at 10 watts on 833.3 kilocycles.
- 1927: This license was assigned to Dr. Arthur Wells Yale.
- 1928: Pickwick Broadcasting Corporation bought the station and made George Bowles vice president and manager of the station and changed its callsign to KGB to follow his name.
- 1931: Don Lee, IncDon Lee (broadcaster)Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...
bought KGB - 1934: Don LeeDon Lee (broadcaster)Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...
died and the license went to his son Thomas Lee, and was managed by Marion R. Harris. - 1942: The station began operating at 1360 kilohertz
- 1949: KGB was operating at 1000 watts. Don Lee, Inc was merged with Mutual Broadcasting Company.
- 1954: The station was sold to Marion R. Harris.
- 1958: KGB's studios moved from the Pickwick Hotel to 4141 Pacific Highway, and the transmitter moved to 52nd Street and Kalmia. Power was increased at the new transmitter site to 5 kilowatts day 1 kilowatt night.
KLSD is San Diego's oldest licensed radio station, having marked its 85th anniversary in 2007.
The AM station now known as KLSD began as KFBC on July 14, 1922, broadcasting on 833.3 kHz and sharing the time with eight other San Diego radio stations. As the AM band became standardized across the country, the station soon moved to 1210 kHz.
The call sign was changed to KGB in 1928, and the frequency moved to its present 1360 kHz in 1942.
As the Russian KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
national security agency started in 1954, the radio station has about 32 years' priority in use of these initials.
In the 1960s KGB was an important player in the San Diego AM Top 40 race, being one of the first markets for the Boss Radio
Boss Radio
Boss Radio was the name of two radio programming formats, both launched in the early 1960s: One in the United States, and one in the United Kingdom. Although the names were the same, the formats were quite different.-Boss Radio in the United States:...
format. In the 1970s, with its FM sister station KGB-FM
KGB-FM
KGB-FM is a classic rock radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
, KGB became an early adopter and pioneer of what is now called the album oriented rock format. KGB-FM
KGB-FM
KGB-FM is a classic rock radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
still plays classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
on 101.5 MHz. The AM side of KGB returned to the top 40 format for a few years in the late 70s under the moniker "13K", with a good amount of success.
KGB AM became KCNN with an all-news format in 1982; KPQP, playing Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
, in 1986; in 1997 the call sign
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
changed to KPOP, with the same adult standards format.
The station became a progressive talker under the call sign KLSD (K Liberal San Diego) in August 2004. Most of the programming came from Air America Radio
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
. KLSD also aired the Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...
show from Jones Radio Network and Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy
Michael Dennis Malloy is an American radio broadcaster from Atlanta, Georgia. Previously his show has been carried by WSB Atlanta, WLS Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network. He is now self-syndicated...
from Nova M Radio
Nova M Radio
Nova M Radio, later known as On Second Thought, was a radio syndication service providing progressive talk programming. Founded as Nova M Radio by Sheldon and Anita Drobny in 2006, its stated purpose was to purchase, own, and operate underperforming radio stations in small and medium sized markets...
. Local programming included the morning show, Stacy Taylor (last heard on San Diego 1700 AM) and the nationally syndicated Air America
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
host Jon Elliott
Jon Elliott
Jon Elliott is an American progressive talk radio personality, formerly featured on Air America Radio.-Business Experience:...
. Its logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
during this period was similar to that of sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
KABQ
KABQ (AM)
KABQ is a radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, owned by Clear Channel. The station features a news and talk format that started in August 2004....
in Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
.
When it became known that KLSD was going to change format from Liberal Talk to Sports Talk, listeners organized and held rallies to attempt to persuade Clear Channel to keep the format. Station officials at first denied the rumor. A documentary titled Save KLSD: Media Consolidation and Local Radio is being made about the effort and is scheduled for release in late Summer 2011.
The liberal talk format gave way to the current all-sports programming in November 2007; the call sign KLSD was not changed.
In August 2005, 1360's owners applied to the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
to increase power to 50,000 watts day and night, sharing the six-tower KSDO array in Santee (Clear Channel Communications owns the broadcast site for KSDO). However, Clear Channel decided against the move, and 1360 still broadcasts at 5,000 watts day, 1,000 watts night.
XTRA Sports 1360
In August 2007, format change rumbles had started in the market and reported by SDRadio.net. This stated that KLSD would soon adopt an all-sportsSports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
format, possibly called "XTRA Sports." (The format and tagline was used by AM690 for many years.)
About October 22, the station started (possibly accidentally) slipping in station identifications for the name "KHTS
KHTS-FM
KHTS-FM, also known as "Channel 933" or simply "nine-three-three", is a Contemporary Hit Radio station in San Diego, California, broadcasting in analog and digital HD Radio...
HD-3," to which the Air America content was rumored to be moving. Jon Elliot had also mentioned "93.3 HD-3" as a possible new home for the Air America and similar programs. This is an HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
channel. KHTS-FM (93.3 MHz) is also owned by Clear Channel Communications.
KLSD changed programming on Monday November 12, 2007 to sports talk and is known as XTRA Sports 1360. The first local live program, which aired at 3 p.m., was Lee Hacksaw Hamilton. Hamilton left the station in 2008 when his contract was not renewed.
During their first ratings period since the format change to sports, KLSD ratings dropped below the minimum Arbitron standard of 0.3 for Winter 2008. As a comparison, the progressive radio format of KLSD last received a 1.6 for Fall 2007. This was the first time in San Diego's AM1360 history they did not meet the minimum ratings threshold.
External links
- XTRA Sports 1360 official website
- San Diego Radio History by Alex Cosper
- History of KGB Radio by David Leonard
- "KLSD still makes waves at 85" from North County TimesNorth County TimesThe North County Times is a local newspaper in north San Diego County, California owned by Lee Enterprises. It is headquartered in Escondido. The current publisher is Peter York....
- "KPOP morphs into KLSD" by Joe Crawford
- San Diego, California antenna sites 2005