KOGO (AM)
The studios and offices are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side.
The station uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array transmitter located off 60th Street at Old Memory Lane in the Emerald Hills neighborhood of San Diego.
Because of its reach, KOGO is one of the primary Emergency Alert System (EAS) stations for the San Diego radio market.
[2] It carried NBC's dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio".
In 1948, KFSD moved its studios to a former country club in Emerald Hills, east of downtown San Diego.
Channel 10 was sold to McGraw Hill Publishing and the call letters were changed to KGTV (which stands for KOGO-TV).
The FM outlet changed its call letters to KFSD, then KXGL (for the Eagle), then to KJQY (for "K-Joy"), and finally in 2001 to KMYI.
The Shadacks (Ed and his nephew Tom) took over KOGO and KPRI (106.5 FM), but both stations had poor ratings in the early 1980s.
[5][6] In 1997, Par Broadcasting sold its San Diego stations to Jacor/Citicasters, which in turn merged with Clear Channel Communications.
In May 2009, KOGO's newscasts outside of morning and early evening were being produced by Los Angeles sister station 640 KFI.
During the October 2007 California wildfires, news, information, and talk from KOGO was simulcast on every San Diego-area station owned by Clear Channel.
As of November 2024, Weekdays begin with "San Diego's Morning News" with Ted Garcia and Veronica Carter.
Late afternoon and evening drive time features local shows from Mike Slater, Lou Penrose, Leland Conway and Mark Larson.
Until the 2012–2013 academic year, KOGO was the official broadcast home for the San Diego State Aztecs football and men's basketball programs.
KOGO carried San Diego Padres baseball games from the team's debut in the National League in 1969 through 1978.
KOGO was the co-flagship station of the San Diego Fleet in the now-defunct Alliance of American Football, alongside co-owned 1360 KLSD.
