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KTRB (860 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. The station has a talk radio format, airing programming from the Salem Radio Network, using the slogan "860 AM The Answer." KTRB is owned by Salem Media Group, through licensee New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Salem uses "The Answer" as a brand for most of its talk stations.
The station features nationally syndicated programming, including Salem hosts Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, and Sebastain Gorka.
KTRB signed on the air on June 18, 1933, licensed to Modesto, California. Its owner, Pappas Telecasting, obtained permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move the station to the larger, more lucrative San Francisco media market. To replace the loss of the station in Modesto, Pappas Telecasting established KMPH on 840 AM in Modesto. In order to serve the Bay Area with a usable signal, but protect other stations on the frequency, a new transmitter site was constructed in Sunol, California which pointed its signal west over the Bay Area. This site is situated directly south of Livermore. During transmission testing in the Bay Area, KTRB began airing a classic rock music format on February 1, 2007.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that KTRB would debut a hot talk format on March 15, 2007, featuring syndicated personalities Mancow Muller and John London, who once aired on San Francisco stations, as well as other syndicated hosts such as Glenn Beck. A similar article appeared a few days later in the San Jose Mercury News. On January 25, 2010, the station announced that conservative talker Michael Savage would take over the afternoon slot, four months after being let go by KNEW (910 AM). That April, a replay of Savage's show also began airing in morning drive time, owing to his live show being frequently preempted due to live coverage of Athletics games.
In the fall of 2008, KTRB switched to a sports radio format. It became the flagship station of Stanford University football and men's basketball. It also became the flagship of the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
KMPH was shut down on August 31, 2010 due to lack of revenue. On September 10, 2010, KTRB was taken over by Comerica Bank through the receivership of Susan L. Uecker. The station dismissed its entire staff except for the chief engineer and ceased to carry Michael Savage, but continued its sports format using syndicated shows. Athletics baseball broadcasts, including pregame and postgame shows, were taken over by the team itself. After the Athletics' attempt to purchase the station collapsed, the broadcasts were moved to KBWF 95.7 FM, (now KGMZ-FM) for the 2011 season with the Bay Bridge Series exhibition games airing on KFRC (1550 AM, now KZDG).
With no capital available to repair the failed former directional day/night transmitter site, a new transmitter site was needed. Comerica Bank petitioned several times for FCC permission to operate the station non-directionally during all hours, with 50,000 watts days, and with 12,500 watts nights, subject to objections from co-channel stations. Under the terms of the special temporary authority or "STA", KTRB is required to reduce night power further, in order to mitigate interference.
There are few stations in the San Francisco area whose existing towers have the requisite geometry for operation on 860 kHz at the licensed 50,000–watt level. However, non-directional operation at KFAX's site with 50,000 watts days was successfully implemented, and it has been granted an FCC construction permit for 5,000 watts nights using all four of KFAX's towers.
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KTRB
KTRB (860 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California. The station has a talk radio format, airing programming from the Salem Radio Network, using the slogan "860 AM The Answer." KTRB is owned by Salem Media Group, through licensee New Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Salem uses "The Answer" as a brand for most of its talk stations.
The station features nationally syndicated programming, including Salem hosts Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, and Sebastain Gorka.
KTRB signed on the air on June 18, 1933, licensed to Modesto, California. Its owner, Pappas Telecasting, obtained permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move the station to the larger, more lucrative San Francisco media market. To replace the loss of the station in Modesto, Pappas Telecasting established KMPH on 840 AM in Modesto. In order to serve the Bay Area with a usable signal, but protect other stations on the frequency, a new transmitter site was constructed in Sunol, California which pointed its signal west over the Bay Area. This site is situated directly south of Livermore. During transmission testing in the Bay Area, KTRB began airing a classic rock music format on February 1, 2007.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that KTRB would debut a hot talk format on March 15, 2007, featuring syndicated personalities Mancow Muller and John London, who once aired on San Francisco stations, as well as other syndicated hosts such as Glenn Beck. A similar article appeared a few days later in the San Jose Mercury News. On January 25, 2010, the station announced that conservative talker Michael Savage would take over the afternoon slot, four months after being let go by KNEW (910 AM). That April, a replay of Savage's show also began airing in morning drive time, owing to his live show being frequently preempted due to live coverage of Athletics games.
In the fall of 2008, KTRB switched to a sports radio format. It became the flagship station of Stanford University football and men's basketball. It also became the flagship of the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
KMPH was shut down on August 31, 2010 due to lack of revenue. On September 10, 2010, KTRB was taken over by Comerica Bank through the receivership of Susan L. Uecker. The station dismissed its entire staff except for the chief engineer and ceased to carry Michael Savage, but continued its sports format using syndicated shows. Athletics baseball broadcasts, including pregame and postgame shows, were taken over by the team itself. After the Athletics' attempt to purchase the station collapsed, the broadcasts were moved to KBWF 95.7 FM, (now KGMZ-FM) for the 2011 season with the Bay Bridge Series exhibition games airing on KFRC (1550 AM, now KZDG).
With no capital available to repair the failed former directional day/night transmitter site, a new transmitter site was needed. Comerica Bank petitioned several times for FCC permission to operate the station non-directionally during all hours, with 50,000 watts days, and with 12,500 watts nights, subject to objections from co-channel stations. Under the terms of the special temporary authority or "STA", KTRB is required to reduce night power further, in order to mitigate interference.
There are few stations in the San Francisco area whose existing towers have the requisite geometry for operation on 860 kHz at the licensed 50,000–watt level. However, non-directional operation at KFAX's site with 50,000 watts days was successfully implemented, and it has been granted an FCC construction permit for 5,000 watts nights using all four of KFAX's towers.
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