area san diego county california branding 760 kfmb slogan the more you listen the more you know . frequency 760 khz first air date august 19 1941 format talk power 5 000 watts day non directional 50 000 watts night directional class b facility id 42120 transmitter coordinates 32 50 33 n 117 1 30 w 32.84250 n 117.02500 w 32.84250 ; 117.02500 coordinates 32 50 33 n 117 1 30 w 32.84250 n 117.02500 w 32.84250 ; 117.02500 callsign meaning for mary and burnham daughter and son of station founder warren b. worcester affiliations cbs radio news westwood one theblaze network owner midwest television sister stations kfmb fm kfmb tv webcast listen live website 760kfmb . com kfmb s towers are near mission gorge in san diego . kfmb 760 khz talkradio 760 is an am talk radio station in san diego california usa . it is owned by midwest television inc. along with kfmb fm 100.7 fm and kfmb tv channel 8 . 1 all three share studios in the kearny mesa district of san diego . kfmb is one of the few stations in the u.s. that significantly increases power at night . the daytime power of 5000 watts is limited due to proximity to kbrt 740 am a religious radio station with its transmitter in orange county california . the nighttime power is 50 000 watts with a signal pattern that follows the california coast . 2 kfmb s antennas are unique in that they are located on both sides of a highway route 52 in santee california . 3 contents 1 history 2 programming 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit kfmb first greeted listeners on august 19 1941 4 broadcasting from the corner of pacific highway and ash street downtown . owned by warren b. worcester and the worcester broadcasting corporation the m in kfmb was for worcester s daughter mary ; the b for his son warren burnham . the fcc construction permit was for 1420 khz . by the time the station signed on all stations on 1420 khz had moved to 1450 khz as a result of the north american regional broadcasting agreement . kfmb changed frequencies several more times to 550 am in 1948 540 am in 1954 and finally in 1965 to its current position at 760 am after a realignment of broadcast channels between the united states and mexico . warren worcester died on october 24 1942 following a brief illness . 5 in november 1943 the trustees of worcester s estate sold kfmb to its general manager jack o. gross and a business partner o.l. taylor ; 6 7 gross purchased taylor s 50 percent interest and became sole owner in 1945 . 8 under gross s stewardship kfmb pioneered fm and television service in san diego launching kfmb fm in april 1947 and kfmb tv in may 1949 . in november 1950 gross sold the kfmb stations to john a. kennedy a former publisher of the san diego daily journal . 9 three years later kennedy sold the trio to a partnership of television producer jack wrather and industry executive helen alvarez . 10 in 1957 alvarez sold her shares in kfmb to wrather 11 who then sold his broadcast interests to buffalo new york based transcontinent television corporation in early 1959 . 12 13 as part of transcontinent s exit from broadcasting kfmb am fm tv was sold in 1964 to current owner midwest television then based in champaign illinois . 14 in the mid 1970s kfmb s format was an adult oriented top 40 and featured such personalities as perry allen the morning drive teams of charlie and herrigan jack woods and paul menard to be followed by hudson and bauer mac hudson and joe bauer clark anthony and bobby rich . from 1978 to 1999 the station was the broadcast home for the san diego padres baseball team . from roughly 1975 1989 kfmb was one of the top three highest rated stations in san diego frequently fighting its fm sister b 100 for the top position . from 1998 to 2004 it was the flagship of the san diego chargers football team . on october 6 2015 midwest television entered into a joint operating agreement with local media san diego llc which operates three radio stations licensed to tijuana but broadcasting in english for the san diego media market 92.3 xhrm fm 91.1 xetra fm and 90.3 xhitz fm . they formed an entity known as sdlocal to market all five stations together . management said the intent of the agreement was to preserve the local ownership and operation of san diego s top rated radio stations . 15 programming edit the station is the san diego home of nationally syndicated talk shows from glenn beck armstrong & getty mark levin and red eye radio . local programming includes mike slater from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and brent winterble from 2 to 6 p.m. news anchor marna davis does the news every half hour . weekend programming includes shows on money cars computers gardening and law as well as family financial advisor dave ramsey . cbs radio news is heard at the beginning of most hours . according to a march 2009 l.a. times article then kfmb host rick roberts was one of several conservative talk radio hosts in california to have a weekly audience of more than 100 000 . 16 commentary from paul harvey had aired on kfmb from june 2005 until his passing in 2009 . see also edit kfmb fm kfmb tv references edit station information profile . arbitron . summer 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 31 . kfmb radio station information . radio locator.com . retrieved 2009 08 31 . http www.fybush.com site 030320.html kfmb takes the air . broadcasting and broadcast advertising . washington d.c. broadcasting publications inc. 12 9 49 . september 1 1941 . warren b. worcester . obituary broadcasting broadcast advertising november 2 1942 pg . 12 . 1 gross taylor to buy kfmb san diego . broadcasting broadcast advertising july 19 1943 pg . 60 . 2 kfmb sale okayed . broadcasting broadcast advertising november 1 1943 pg . 44 . 3 actions of the fcc . broadcasting broadcast advertising june 18 1945 pg . 75 . 4 kfmb sale ; kennedys to buy . broadcasting telecasting november 20 1950 pg . 68 . 5 7 1 2 million mark passed in bumper transfer crop . broadcasting telecasting february 2 1953 pp. 27 28 . 6 7 wrather buys out alvarez . broadcasting telecasting may 12 1958 pg . 9 . 8 new station combine formed . broadcasting telecasting february 16 1959 pg . 9 . 9 transcontinent tie with marietta gets ok . broadcasting may 18 1959 pp. 74 76 . 10 11 transcontinent sale last of its kind . broadcasting february 24 1964 pp. 27 28 . 12 13 local media kfmb stations announce joint operating agreement . san diego union tribune . retrieved 6 october 2015 . finnegan michael 2009 03 15 . conservative talk radio on the wane in california . los angeles times . external links edit official website 760 kfmb on facebook 760 kfmb on twitter query the fcc s am station database for kfmb radio locator information on kfmb query nielsen audio s am station database for kfmb fcc history cards for kfmb v t e radio stations in the san diego california market by am frequency 600 690 740 760 910 1000 1040 1130 1170 1210 1240 1320 1360 1450 16101 by fm frequency 88.3 88.9 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.9 105.3 106.5 107.1 107.9 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 162.425 by callsign kbrt kbzt kcbq kceo kcr 1 kecr kec62 kegy kfmb kfmb fm kfsd kgb fm khts fm kioz kksm klnv klqv klsd klvj kmyi knsn knsj kogo kopa kpbs fm kpri kprz krly lp ksdw ksdo ksds kson ksoq fm kssd kssx kurs kwve fm kxsn kydo kyxy wng637 xetra fm xeww am xhitz fm xhprs fm xhrm fm xhlnc fm defunct kjqy kpln kmjc khhs lp 1 unofficial call sign of a carrier current station nearby radio markets imperial valley los angeles palm springs riverside san bernardino tijuana see also list of radio stations in california v t e radio stations in the los angeles california market by am frequency 570 590 600 6402 670 710 740 760 790 830 870 900 930 980 1020 10702 1110 1150 1190 1220 1230 1240 1260 1280 1290 1300 1330 1350 1370 1390 1410 1430 1440 1460 1480 1510 1540 1560 1570 1580 1600 16303 1650 1670 orange county 830 1190 1480 by fm frequency 87.71 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 orange county 88.5 88.9 90.1 92.7 94.3 95.9 96.7 103.1 106.3 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 162.45 162.525 162.55 digital radio 640 980 1070 88.1 1 88.1 2 88.1 3 88.5 1 88.5 2 89.3 1 89.9 1 89.9 2 91.5 1 92.3 1 92.3 2 92.3 3 93.1 1 93.1 2 93.9 1 94.7 1 94.7 2 95.5 1 95.5 2 96.7 1 97.1 1 97.1 2 98.7 1 98.7 2 100.3 1 100.3 2 101.1 1 101.1 2 102.7 1 102.7 2 103.1 1 103.5 1 103.5 2 104.3 1 104.3 2 105.1 1 105.1 2 105.1 3 105.9 1 105.9 2 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.1 1 107.5 1 107.5 2 107.5 3 107.9 1 by callsign kabc kamp fm kahz kali kali fm kazn kbig kboq kbpk kbrt kbue kbua kcaa kcal kcbs fm kcrw kcsn kday kdis kdld kdle keib kezy kfi kfmb kfny kfrn kfsh fm kfwb kgbn khj khpy khts kiev kiis fm kirn kisl kjlh kkdd kkgo kkjz kkla fm klaa klac klax fm klos kltx klve kmpc kmrb knx2 kocp kogo kost kpcc kpfk kpro kpwr krcd krcv krla kroq fm krrl krth ksak ksbr ksca kspa kspc kspn ksse kswd ktdd ktie ktlw ktnq ktwv ktym kuci kusc kvnr kwiz kwkw kwo37 kwrm kwve fm kxlu kxol fm kxos kxsc kyla kypa kysr wwg21 wng584 wz2505 kchung 3 defunct kacd kbcd kace kedg kfac kibb kiis kiqq kkbt kkdj kkhr kmet kmjr knjr kmpc knac knhs knob knx fm kodj kppc kqlz krbv kskq kskq fm kute kwst fm kfsg kzab kzba kzla fm kiev kpol ktzn kxed kxmg kyms satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 222 sirius channel 150 nearby radio markets bakersfield high desert eastern sierra oxnard ventura riverside san bernardino san diego santa barbara victor valley see also list of radio stations in california 1 audio for tv channel 6 ksfv ca religious 2 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . 3 notable part 15 station v t e news talk radio stations in the state of california all news kcbs san francisco kfrc fm san francisco knx los angeles news & talk kabc los angeles kahi auburn kcaa loma linda kcbq san diego kern bakersfield kfbk sacramento kfbk fm pollock pines kfi los angeles kfmb san diego kgo san francisco kgeo bakersfield kgig lp salida kins fm blue lake kion salinas kmj fresno kmj fm fresno kmph modesto knco grass valley knew san francisco knwh yucca valley knwq palm springs knwz coachella knzr bakersfield knzr fm shafter kogo san diego koss lancaster kowl south lake tahoe kpay chico kprl paso robles kqms redding kqms fm shasta lake krla glendale ksco santa cruz ksfo san francisco ksiz weed ksma santa maria ksro santa rosa kste rancho cordova ksue susanville kszl barstow ktie san bernardino ktip porterville ktkz sacramento ktms santa barbara