KSON-FM was moved off the KSON (AM) tower on the corner of Highway 15 and Interstate 5 to the new site of sister station KGB (1360 AM, now KLSD) at 52nd Street and Kalmia.

Coburn, Dave Benson, Damian Bragdon, Gabriel Wisdom, Erik Thompson, Jim McInnes, Rick Leibert, Patrick Martin, Larry Bruce, Bill Hergonson, Ernesto Gladden, Ted Edwards, Linda McInnes, Digby Welch, Kevin McKeown, Pamela Edwards, Brian Schock, Susan Hemphill, John Leslie, Andrew "Long Tall Andy" Geller, Blair and Kymythy Schultz, Phil Hendrie, Bruce Tucker, Jeff Prescott, Michael Berger, Susan "Sue" Delany, Coe Lewis, "Steve-o", Scott Chatfield, Cynthia "Spicy Cindy" Spicer, Ted "The Chicken" Giannoulas, and Mojo Nixon.

The morning zoo program, hosted by Dave Rickards, Shelly Dunn, and Cookie "Chainsaw" Randolph, debuted on KGB-FM in 1990 as The Dawn Patrol.

The KGB Chicken, whose wacky but fun antics entertained steadily larger crowds, moved on to be featured at concerts and sporting events, including appearances at more than 520 consecutive San Diego Padres baseball games.

His return, this time as the San Diego Chicken was witnessed by 47,000 people at what was called a "Grand Hatching" event, where he emerged from a Styrofoam egg as Also sprach Zarathustra (composed by Richard Strauss) played.

In 1973, KGB-FM created an annual contest called "Homegrown," in which local singers and songwriters submitted songs about the San Diego area for inclusion on an album produced by the station.

The songwriting contest was the brainchild of KGB-FM program director Ron Jacobs, who first held such an event at KHJ (AM) in Los Angeles.

[10] The Homegrown album series was introduced in response to the cancellation of the popular "Charity Ball" event at San Diego Stadium.

The show has become a very well-attended annual event, with fans viewing from both inside the stadium and outside, tailgating in the parking lot or from vantage points along Mission Valley's canyon rim.

The KGB Sky Show also introduced Rock and Roll music, multimedia, video, theatrical lighting, and effects to enhance the fireworks display.

According to its creator, Rick Leibert, Sky Show is a "continuing experiment blending the ancient art of fireworks with rock and roll."