Thursday, March 10, 2016

Wow A Radio Station Owned By A Real Human Man!! How Absolutely Cool To Be Able To Show The Smile!!


KSRO ~ playing Now Coast To Coast with George Noory!! The time is 12:42 AM & the date is March 10th, 2016.  http://v6.player.abacast.net/961

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1350 AM KSRO
KSRO logo.jpg
CitySanta Rosa, California
Broadcast areaSanta Rosa, California
Branding1350 KSRO
SloganThe News and Talk of Sonoma County
Frequency1350 kHz
First air date1937
FormatNews Talk Information
Audience share3.2, #8 (Fa'07, R&R[1])
Power5,000 watts
ClassB
Facility ID22881
Transmitter coordinates38°26′22.00″N122°44′51.00″WCoordinates38°26′22.00″N 122°44′51.00″W
Callsign meaningK Santa ROsa
AffiliationsNBC News RadioPremiere Radio NetworksDial Global
OwnerLawrence Amaturo
(Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, LLC)
WebcastListen Live
Websiteksro.com
KSRO (1350 AM) is a radio station broadcasting in a News Talk Information format. KSRO is licensed in Santa Rosa, California, and serves the Santa Rosa area. The station is currently owned by Lawrence Amaturo, through licensee Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, LLC,[2] and features programming from NBC News RadioPremiere Radio Networks and Dial Global.[3]

History[edit]

KSRO was founded in 1937 by Ernest L. Finley, owner of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The ownership of the Radio Station later passed to Finley's wife Ruth, when he died in 1942.[4] The station achieved some popularity in 1943, when an actual broadcast was included in Alfred Hitchcock's film Shadow of a Doubt, filmed on location in Santa Rosa.[5]
KSRO began broadcasting Santa Rosa Junior College football games in 1939, when the school joined the Northern California Junior College Conference. This initiated a fifty year relationship with a championship season.[6]
In the 1950s and 1960s, KSRO played "Top 40" music. Its strong signal carried through the mountainous regions of the county. It was one of the few stations that could be received in the Russian River resort area. Like many AM stations, the increasing popularity of FM resulted in KSRO's change of format to news, and talk.[7]
KSRO is currently home to The Drive with Steve Jaxon, Sonoma County's only live daily talk show. Weekdays from 3-6PM, The Drive is a variety talk show featuring all the newsmakers of the day, as well as live music, authors, and comedians. In 2012, The Drive's weekly "California Wine Country" segment was the winner Of "Best Critic or Review Series" at the 2015 Taste Awards, and his been a multiple-time nominee for Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast.[8]

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