Despite signing a five-year contract to do the simulcast, after one year Owens vacated the time slot at KABC, because his show had failed to generate adequate ratings in Los Angeles.
On March 31, 2016, Owens announced that as of April 4, 2016 he would be moving to the 3 p.m.-to-6 p.m. slot on KGO's sister station, KSFO.
Owens was elected into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2007 as a member of the second class to be inducted.
(cite San Francisco Chronicle) The report contained interviews and observations from Ronn on political and pop culture issues.
In 2002, Talkers Magazine named Owens one of its 25 Greatest Radio Talk Show Hosts of All Time.
[7] In 2003 and again in 2010, Owens won the Marconi Award for Major Market Personality of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters.
He indicated that his Parkinson's disease has progressed slowly and he had not wanted to make his condition public knowledge until that time.
In part, the recent death of comedian Robin Williams, who also had Parkinson's disease, became the deciding factor in Owens' decision to go public on his condition.